A $1m car, a 160mph crash . . . and a video games boss

[WhiteTara]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2128435,00.html
juicy gossip this

IT has been described as “the most fabulously preposterous LA traffic accident” since the Oscar-winning movie Crash. The facts explain why: in February a disgraced Swedish video games executive with close ties to Britain crashed a $1 million (£575,000) red Ferrari Enzo, one of only 400 made, into an electricity pole while racing along the scenic Pacific Coast Highway in California at up to 162mph.

Detectives investigating the case later discovered that the driver, Stefan Eriksson, 44, had served a prison sentence in Sweden for counterfeiting; that he had presided over the collapse of Gizmondo, a video games company, with more than $200 million of debt; and that he had imported another two exotic cars from Britain, which were being stored at his gated mansion in Bel Air.

Other titbits leaked out: the alleged videotape of the crash, shot from inside the Ferrari’s cabin; the mysterious German called “Dietrich”, who was supposedly driving the supercar when it crashed and who mysteriously fled into the hill; and the two — possibly bogus — Department of Homeland Security agents who rushed Mr Eriksson away from the scene of the crime.

The police are also keen to find out why a Glock ammunition magazine had been discarded near
the car’s wreckage.
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The answers to the motoring riddle may soon be on their way: Mr Eriksson was arrested at the weekend on charges of “grand theft” at his Bel Air home, after having allegedly failed to make payments on two Ferrari Enzos — one of which was the crashed vehicle — plus a rare Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, which was seized from Mr Eriksson’s wife while she was shopping. All the cars — together worth more than $3.6 million — are thought to be owned by Royal Bank of Scotland, Lombard and Yorkshire Bank, which, even before his arrest, were trying to trace Mr Eriksson with the help of private investigators.

more at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2128435,00.html

[Redstone]

1. Ha! Thanks for the update on this bizarre story.

Never did find the elusive "Dieter," did they?

Redstone

[Octafish]

2. This guy might know...

...He says something about German engineering:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=unpimp