A good known Ferrari mechanic who has appeared with celebrities similar Jay Leno was jailed earlier this period for trying to merchantability a vintage car that it's alleged helium ne'er owned.
Donnie Callaway, 60, restores the Italian sports cars and maintains a popular societal media presence, with astir 200,000 followers watching his enactment connected the aged schoolhouse vehicles and often bragging of buying artwork and surviving a lavish lifestyle.
The alleged 'Ferrari savant' adjacent appeared connected an occurrence of Jay Leno's Garage wherever Jay allowed him to bargain and reconstruct a car helium had dreamed of owning since childhood, but it appears he's besides vocation transgression and perchance a fraud.
He was arrested connected April 1 successful Arizona connected allegations helium tried to merchantability a Ferrari Daytona and Ferrari 512BB to a collector without really owning them.
On his Instagram account, Callaway had been moving connected a 512BB successful his astir caller posts.
A good known Ferrari mechanic who has appeared with celebrities similar Jay Leno was jailed earlier this period for trying to merchantability a vintage car that it's alleged helium ne'er owned
He was arrested connected April 1 successful Arizona connected allegations helium tried to merchantability a Ferrari Daytona and Ferrari 512BB to a collector without really owning them. On his Instagram account, Callaway had been moving connected a 512BB successful his astir caller posts
After an evident sting cognition acceptable up by the would-be buyer, helium was arrested by region sheriffs, according to The Mercury News.
He was jailed and charged with theft, trafficking stolen property, forgery and fraud, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
Callaway is being held connected a $400,000 currency enslaved and faces an arraignment connected April 17.
While his estimation is considered bully among immoderate successful the mechanic community, determination had been complaints astir his rates, including an $130,000 job on a Ferrari 328 successful 2023 that near the lawsuit saying helium 'should beryllium SHUNNED' for the 'monstrously high' prices.
An anonymous Instagram account was started to taunt Callaway and described him arsenic a 'swindler mechanic' who aims to 'take your car isolated and ne'er enactment it backmost together.'
Callaway's apprehension has led to a uncover of a erstwhile transgression grounds dating backmost decades.
He was convicted of burglary successful 2001 and besides charged connected aggregate counts of theft and fraud.
In 2003, helium was convicted of expansive theft and possession of a controlled substance earlier being recovered blameworthy of home unit successful 2006.
The alleged 'Ferrari savant' adjacent appeared connected an occurrence of Jay Leno's Garage wherever Jay allowed him to bargain and reconstruct a car helium had dreamed of owning since childhood, but it appears he's besides vocation transgression and perchance a fraud
Callaway (pictured left) was jailed and charged with theft, trafficking stolen property, forgery and fraud, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
In 2012, helium was convicted yet again, this clip of some perjury and extortion.
He apt faces much ineligible occupation - astatine slightest 1 different suit and a ineligible declaration - for selling cars helium didn't ain successful the archetypal spot extracurricular of this Arizona case.
Thomas Shaughnessy, a advisor and historiographer connected Ferraris, filed successful California Superior Court that Callaway tried to merchantability a Ferrari Monza that didn't beryllium to him astatine an car amusement successful Paris.
The declaration whitethorn beryllium connected to a abstracted suit Callaway faces successful the San Diego area.
A Belgian antheral named Arthur Teerlynck sued him past August for unfair business practices, breach of contract, fraud and violations of California's Automotive Repair Act.
It claims the helium overcharged for restoring a 1973 Ferrari Daytona valued astatine $950,000, a 1961 Maserati 3500 Spyder Vignale valued astatine $825,000, a 1986 Ferrari 328 valued astatine $100,000 and a 1995 Rolls-Royce Flying Spur valued astatine $40,000.
Teerlynck argues that helium paid $1.46million to Callaway for services helium was not licensed to bash and besides wrongfully assumed power implicit Terrlynck's cars and tried to fell them from him.
Perhaps astir outrageously, Callaway is accused of putting pieces successful a $200,000 Ferrari Testarossa meant to marque the motor neglect connected intent and past posted astir however damaged it was connected Instagram.
Callaway likely faces much ineligible occupation - astatine slightest 1 different suit and a ineligible declaration - for selling cars helium didn't ain successful the archetypal spot extracurricular of this Arizona case
A Belgian antheral named Arthur Teerlynck sued Callaway past August for unfair concern practices, breach of contract, fraud and violations of California's Automotive Repair Act
Teerlynck is seeking fees and damages via a proceedings by jury.
Callaway has a proceedings scheduled to statesman connected August 14 and a tribunal proceeding connected the presumption of Teerlynck's suit May 14.
DailyMail.com reached retired to an lawyer for Callaway for comment.
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