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Deborah Migwi

YouTube Star Omi In A Hellcat Sentenced To 5.5 Years In Jail, Faces $30M Fine

A 2016 Dodge Charger SRT Helicat among the model cars to be auctioned following a US Marshal order. Omi in a Hellcat is serving a five and half years in jail. CEM OZDEL/ANADOLU AGENCY/GETTY IMAGES. 

Omar the YouTuber from Philadelphia is at the verge of losing his high-end fleet of cars and properties to pay a hefty fine worth $30 Million to US Marshal. His YouTube account is known as Omi in a Hellcat has 800,000 followers and his content has a million plus views. He does videos produced in hip-hop beats where he shows off his fleet of sport and luxury cars which total up to 57, collection of diamond-bling and spacious Swedesboro home. His videos have attracted a mass of viewers.

His down fall began in 2019 when the federal authorities raided his home, they managed to seize his cars and properties, freeze his multiple bank accounts and shut down the channels that he used to sell copyrighted content that he illegally acquired. “I am only guilty for making money, the FBI seized everything,” said Omi in a video he posted during the raid.

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