A Centereach man who admitted leading a $5.5 million vehicle fraud operation that illegally financed and resold more than 120 cars across New York has been sentenced to five years in prison, Suffolk County prosecutors announced Friday.
Mark McCall, 34, was sentenced Oct. 29 after pleading guilty to attempted enterprise corruption and weapon possession charges. Prosecutors said he directed a criminal network that used forged financial documents to obtain vehicles from dealerships, then resold them using fraudulent titles that concealed outstanding loans.
Two handguns illegally possessed by Mark McCall, 34, of Centereach, were discovered during a June 2025 search connected to a $5.5 million vehicle fraud investigation. (Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office)
McCall was among 35 defendants prosecuted in connection with the operation, which involved 33 individuals and two corporations. Thirty-four defendants have pleaded guilty and been sentenced, while one case remains pending.
According to court documents and McCall’s admissions, he operated the scheme with his half-brother, Keith Agard, 32, of Port Jefferson Station, between March 3, 2022, and May 28, 2025.
The organization included girlfriends, relatives and friends of its leaders. Members recruited more than 20 people to purchase vehicles from dealerships in Suffolk, Nassau, Kings, Westchester and Orange counties using fraudulent pay stubs, utility bills and other documents.
The vehicles were typically financed with little or no down payment before being turned over to McCall, Agard and other senior members of the organization. Few, if any, payments were made to the lenders.
The group then obtained New York vehicle titles falsely indicating that the cars were free of liens, a practice known as title washing.
Vehicle listings connected to a $5.5 million fraud operation led by Mark McCall, 34, of Centereach, that used fraudulent titles to resell more than 120 vehicles. (Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office)
The vehicles were resold to dealerships, including CarMax, and to private buyers through Facebook Marketplace and other channels. Many purchasers were unaware that the vehicles had outstanding loans or that their titles were fraudulent.
Prosecutors estimated that the operation generated approximately $5.5 million from the purchase and resale of more than 120 vehicles.
“The defendant operated a wide-ranging scheme built on deception and theft, swindling local businesses and stripping honest buyers of their hard-earned money,” Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said.
“Consumer fraud is never a victimless crime, and pairing it with possession of illegal guns makes it more dangerous,” Tierney added.
The investigation, known as Operation Gingerbread Man, lasted nearly two and a half years and resulted in indictments against the 35 defendants in June 2025.
During searches of McCall’s and Agard’s residences on June 3, 2025, investigators discovered that McCall illegally possessed a Bond Arms .45-caliber derringer pistol and a Taurus .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol.
McCall pleaded guilty Sept. 10 before Supreme Court Justice Steven A. Pilewski to two counts of attempted second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, both class D violent felonies, and attempted enterprise corruption, a class C felony.
He received five years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision on the weapon possession charges. He also received a concurrent sentence of three and a half to seven years in prison for attempted enterprise corruption.
Agard previously pleaded guilty to enterprise corruption and two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was sentenced to one to three years in prison.
Prosecutors said the other defendants received sentences ranging from six months to three years. McCall was the last of the 34 defendants whose cases have been resolved to be sentenced.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Blythe C. Miller and James Bartens of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Financial Crimes Bureau.
Detective Timothy Drake and Investigator Nicholas Lorusso of the Suffolk County Police Department’s District Attorney Squad conducted the investigation.
Mark McCall, 34, of Centereach, was sentenced to five years in prison for leading a $5.5 million vehicle fraud operation involving more than 120 cars. (Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office)
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