Ex-'cocaine cowboy' pilot, 7 others charged with auto fraud
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE- In this Aug. 11, 2016 file photo, Mickey Munday talks to a reporter in Love Park in North Miami, Fla. Munday, a former pilot for Colombia's Medellin cartel during Miami's "cocaine cowboy" years was indicted Thursday, May 4, 2017, along with seven others from Florida and Missouri in a complex automobile fraud scheme. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File) (The Associated Press)
A former pilot for Colombia's Medellin cartel during Miami's "cocaine cowboy" years has been indicted along with seven others from Florida and Missouri in a complex automobile fraud scheme.
Miami federal prosecutors said in a news release Thursday that 71-year-old Mickey Munday was among those charged with 14 fraud counts each. Munday and the others face maximum prison sentences of 20 years on each count.
A convicted felon, Munday has given frequent interviews and appears in the 2006 documentary "Cocaine Cowboys" about the violent 1982 drug trade. He did not respond to a text message seeking comment.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Investigators say the group used various means to fraudulently obtain vehicles that were later sold for more than $1.6 million between 2008 and 2016.
Prosecutors say Munday's role was to hide the vehicles.