Last week, a Providence, Rhode Island man pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in a conspiracy involving the theft of high-end automobiles and motorcycles from dealerships across New England and Pennsylvania.

Onix Eduardo was one of four Rhode Island men that were charged for their involvement in a scheme to steal millions of dollars’ worth of high-end vehicles from automobile and motorcycle dealerships across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, according to an announcement after their arrests in 2024 by United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

Eduardo pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property and interstate transportation of stolen property. He is scheduled to be sentenced on January 21, 2027.

According to court documents, between February 2023 and September 2023, Eduardo and his co-conspirators burglarized approximately a dozen dealerships, stealing roughly 120 vehicles worth an estimated value of $5 million. The stolen vehicles included a variety of vehicle makes, including Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Rolls Royce, Bentley, and Land Rover.

One vehicle allegedly stolen by the group, a Range Rover, was recovered from a shipping container in Elizabeth, New Jersey, destined for Africa.

Surveillance video obtained by Providence Police allegedly depicts individuals matching the description of two of the other co-conspirators in the driveway of a Providence residence on March 13, 2023, placing a cover over a Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. The vehicle, valued at $96,000, along with three other vehicles, was reported stolen one day earlier from a Hampstead, New Hampshire dealership.

The conspiracy also involved the theft of nineteen premium Husqvarna motorcycles from a Pennsylvania dealership and transportation of the stolen dirt bikes from Massachusetts into Rhode Island.

Investigators recovered more than forty vehicles and eleven dirt bikes believed to be connected to the scheme.

The matter was investigated by the FBI, with substantial assistance from the Providence Police Department, Cranston Police Department, North Providence Police Department, Pawtucket Police Department, North Kingstown Police Department, East Providence Police Department, Rhode Island State Police, Massachusetts State Police, Connecticut State Police, Easton, Massachusetts Police Department, Hampstead, Massachusetts Police Department, Waltham, Massachusetts Police Department, Somerset, Massachusetts Police Department, Internal Revenue – Criminal Investigation, and the National Insurance Crime Bureau.