How Did Omi In A Hellcat Get Rich

A famous New Jersey YouTuber was arrested past the FBI and charged in one of the largest illegal Goggle box pirating rings ever.

Known to his over 800,000 Youtube followers equally Omi in a Hellcat for his high-end luxury vehicles collection, Bill Omar Carrasquillo, 34, is charged with conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, tax evasion and fraud for his illegal online streaming service websites.

Partners Jesse Gonzales, 42, of Pico Rivera, California, and Michael Barone, 36, of Richmond Hill, New York, have too been charged.

According to the 69-page, 62-count indictment, the partners ran an illegal streaming service from 2016 to 2019 — at various times called Reboot, Gears Tv, Reloaded and Gears Reloaded — that offered subscribers all-inclusive access to content from the likes of Comcast, Verizon FiOS, DirectTV, HBO and others for as low as $15 a calendar month.

Prosecutors allege they collected over $30 million in subscription fees, which they tried to hide by distributing to diverse apps and bank accounts.

Carasquillo, who livestreamed his abort Tuesday, claims that he paid subscription fees for all of the subscriptions and content services that he later broadcast out to his thousands of subscribers.

Omi in a Hellcat, real name Bill Omar Carrasquillo was charged with conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, tax evasion and fraud. — Omi in a Hellcat, existent name Bill Omar Carrasquillo, was charged with conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, taxation evasion and fraud.

In November 2019, Carrasquillo's domicile was raided by federal agents, who seized $35 million in assets and 57 luxury cars, including Lamborghinis, Bentleys and Rolls-Royces.

"They came back for things they alleged I did. The copyright infringement. I didn't think I was doing anything incorrect, plain," he told FOX 29 outside his dwelling in Swedesboro, New Jersey, on Wed, just a day after his arrest. "We're going to have our day in court now."

He said he doesn't believe he'southward "completely innocent," saying, "Ignorance is not an excuse for the constabulary."

Carrasquillo says he plans to fight the charges in court. — Carrasquillo says he plans to fight the charges in courtroom.

"I found a loophole, I ran through information technology and I did great. There are other colleagues in the same business concern I was in and they never got in problem with the FBI," he told FOX 29.

Bradley Southward. Benavides, acting head of the FBI'due south Philadelphia office, told the Philadelphia Inquirer, "You can't just go and monetize someone else's copyrighted content with impunity."

"Theft is theft, and if you're going to willfully steal another party's intellectual property, the FBI stands ready to step in and close you downwardly," he said.

Omi in a Hellcat, along with three other conspirators have been arrested in the largest illegal TV pirating ring ever. — Omi in a Hellcat, along with three other conspirators, have been arrested in the largest illegal TV pirating ring ever.

Donte Mills, Carrasquillo'south lawyer, told the Inquirer on Wed that at the time, at that place was no law explicitly prohibiting how it operated.

"There were no regulations when he did it," Mills told the newspaper. "We will prove the charges he received exercise not apply to his conduct."

Carrasquillo said the arrest was a "relief."

"I didn't know what was going on for 2 years. No answers, no zippo," he said.

"Then finally, you know, I get to non be depressed, not be stressed out anymore. Now I'll go my twenty-four hours in court."

Carrasquillo seems to exist prepared to become to prison house, according to his videos on YouTube in which he openly discusses his legal troubles.

"You gotta be humble in victory and humble in defeat," he said in one video after the 2019 FBI raid. "I'm gonna practice a couple of years off of this. I'm going to get to jail for a couple of years."