Former Porsche Dealer Gets 21-Month Sentence, Owes Nearly $10 Million
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced that Andrea Nicole Doherty, the second-generation owner of a Porsche restoration and resale business, will spend 21 months in federal prison and pay $9,951,763 in restitution to 66 defrauded customers.
Doherty, 38, inherited CPR Classic of Fallbrook, Calif., from her late father in 2021. Prosecutors say that, until her dealer license was suspended in 2024, she collected funds for the consignment sale of at least three vehicles — including a 1973 911E Targa that was sold to two different buyers — but either made no effort to pay the seller, paid the seller with checks that bounced, or paid the seller with proceeds from another sale.
Five victims who complained to state authorities or were identified by investigators would be joined by dozens of additional former CPR Classic customers when the case was publicized, according to a release.
“Ms. Doherty’s long-running fraud was a deliberate scheme that exploited her customers’ trust and left her victims with significant financial losses. … Today’s sentence demonstrates that if you defraud consumers, you will be found, investigated and held fully accountable,” writes Special Agent in Charge Mark Remily of the FBI San Diego Field Office.
