André was briefly accused of stealing from DiMera Enterprises, but suspicion turned to Stefano when it was revealed that the body in Stefano's grave didn't match his DNA, and Stefano was ultimately confirmed to be alive, but it was just Shane posing as Stefano to get Hope out of prison. Shane and Steve later saw security footage of a man that looked exactly like Stefano. André feuded with Eduardo Hernandez, his son Dario, and Deimos Kiriakis for control of the Orwell, which resulted in Deimos poisoning André and kidnapping Chad and Gabby. André teamed up with Eduardo to kidnap Sonny, hoping for a hostage exchange, but Deimos refused and revealed that André had stolen the Orwell device from its true inventor, which turned out to be Drew Donovan, who erased the Orwell permanently.