Jesse Marrogi: How unemployed crim had $130k to spend on Porsche Cayenne

Few 21 year olds have the cash to burn on a luxury car, so when this young Mickleham crim forked out mega bucks for a Porsche Cayenne, police were naturally suspicious.

Jesse Marrogi was enticed into a life of crime by his brother, the court heard. Picture: Facebook

A young crim has escaped jail after he splashed out more than $100,000 on a luxury car despite not having a job.

Jesse Marrogi, 24, faced the Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to one charge each of dealing with the proceeds of crime and drug possession.

Leading Senior Constable Col McColl told the court Marrogi, then aged just 21, placed a successful bid for the $131,954 Porsche Cayenne at Pickle’s Auctions in Tullamarine in February, 2018.

He handed over a $10,000 cash deposit before returning days later to pay the outstanding balance.

But the alarm was raised when police investigations revealed the young car enthusiast was unemployed and hadn’t filed his tax returns for years.

Detectives raided his Mickleham home in June the same year where they found cannabis squirrelled away throughout his bedroom — including inside his Sony PlayStation.

Marrogi’s lawyer Colin Mandy told the court his client had been enticed into a life of crime by his older brother, a known player in Melbourne’s underworld, believed to have links to the Mongols and Comanchero bikie gangs.

He told the court Marrogi was put up to buying the car by “a group” who saw an opportunity to make money.

Marrogi faced up to two years’ jail for his offences, he said, but he told the court his client had weaned himself off drugs and got a full time job.

He’d also distanced himself from his brother and Mr Mandy asked the court to consider a non-custodial sentence.

“He was naive and being taken advantage of,” Mr Mandy told the court.

“This particular car was a bargain, notwithstanding its price, and it was sold to a person in Sydney shortly after for a considerable profit.”

Magistrate Duncan Reynolds said he accepted Marrogi had turned his life around and fined him $10,000 instead of sending him to jail.

Marrogi was also ordered to pay an additional $500 to the court fund and put on a one year good behaviour bond.

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