St. Pete man faces decades in prison for stripping liens from 100 vehicles

A 44-year-old St. Petersburg man is facing more than 60 years in prison after a federal jury convicted him last week of stripping the liens off titles for 100 vehicles to get clear titles and then reselling them.

Jonathan Daniels was found guilty of four counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. He was acquitted on two other counts and immediately taken into custody, court records show.

One of his co-conspirators, Ian McGeehan, had pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He agreed to cooperate with authorities as part of his plea.