A 27-year-old Tampa car dealer has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for obtaining fraudulent auto loans from finance companies and trying to export a stolen Rolls-Royce.
Mohamad Jihad Fakih was sentenced last week to 54 months in prison and ordered to pay $378,655 in restitution by U.S. Senior District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington.
He pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and an attempt to export a stolen motor vehicle. Both cases carried 54-month sentences that will run simultaneously…