Driver of wrecked Enzo to be charged...

Old news...

 

I really like this story.

So he is in prison for 5 years gets out and a bank will lend him money for 3 exotics. I hope they do a dateline story on him.

 

Don't drop the soap.

 

I hope he gets off.

 

Actually, it's somewhat new news in that he has finally admitted to being the driver of the Enzo when it crashed.

>8^)
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I couldn't believe this myself.

 

Not trying to hijack this thread but thought this was just as ridiculous....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/04/25/national/a131028D34.DTL&type=bondage

 

Why? The guy is a crook(exporting the cars and defaulting loan raising interest rates for honest people), a liar (stated he wasn't the driver), a loser (business failed), a danger to society (drunk driving), an idiot (wreaks a piece of art Enzo) and now exposed as the loser he truley is.

I hope the remaining 2 cars are returned, the a**hole is deported and extradited out of the states back to Sweden so US citizens don't have to pay for his prison time, and Sweden jails him and garnish everything he ever makes again till the Enzo is paid off.

 

I think this story is pure BS. My guess; Dietrich is still hiding behind a bush near PCH in Malibu.

 

Only real criminal behavior here is the Enzo being destroyed. The rest is as common as Oprah, only difference he got caught. Let's focus on real criminals.

 

Now I understand why I had to go through so much red tape to get financing on my exotic. I don't have nearly enough years (0) in prison.

 

$1 MILLION reasons that the guy does not have. Last I checked, grand theft auto was illegal.

 

True. Well we'll see...he certainly doesn't deserve 14 years.

 

Double that 14 years to twenty eight years and it sounds good to me. If I was doing 162mph on PCH they would throw the cell keys away. Bo get's away with that one. Lazy DA probably figures no witness, no case. That is one of the most extreme cases of reckless endangerment that I have every heard of. ff soapbox:

 

Ferrari Case Figure Faces New Charges
A Swedish national accused of car theft after the crash of a sports car in Malibu allegedly rear-ended an SUV while driving a Porsche seven weeks earlier.
By Richard Winton, Times Staff Writer
May 9, 2006


A former European video game executive accused of stealing a rare Ferrari Enzo that he crashed in Malibu is now charged with hit and run after he allegedly crashed a Porsche Cayenne into a SUV near his Bel-Air home.

Los Angeles city prosecutors Monday said they charged Bo Stefan Eriksson with misdemeanor hit and run and driving without a California license and insurance after they traced the Cayenne to him.

Eriksson, 44, allegedly rear-ended a Ford Explorer on Jan. 4 on Sunset Boulevard at Beverly Glen Boulevard, said Jonathan Diamond, a spokesman for the city attorney's office.

"Rather than exchanging information, he drove off," Diamond said.

The incident occurred more than a month before Eriksson allegedly crashed a red Enzo at 162 mph on Pacific Coast Highway, slamming into a utility pole and slicing the car in half.

Diamond said Eriksson did not own the Cayenne, but authorities linked it to him. Diamond would not elaborate. A manual for that Porsche model was seized during a recent search of Eriksson's home, court records show.

Eriksson, a Swedish national, is set to appear in court today on the three new charges, which were filed Friday.

David Elden, one of Eriksson's attorneys, said the hit-and-run accusations were minor compared to the charges filed by the district attorney's office in connection with the Enzo and other exotic cars.

Eriksson faces up to 14 years in state prison if convicted of seven felony counts of embezzlement, grand theft auto and possession of a firearm by a felon and two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence.

He is accused of trying to defraud three British banks by importing three luxury vehicles — the red Enzo, a black Enzo and a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren — into the United States without the banks' knowledge.

Deputy Dist. Atty. Tamara Hall said Eriksson tried to conceal the importation by using different Swedish passport numbers on customs forms and bank documents. Eriksson has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

His attorneys insist that he did not steal the cars and was negotiating a financial settlement with the banks before his arrest last month. He is being held in lieu of $3-million bail pending trial.

Moments after the Enzo crash Feb. 21, Eriksson told deputies that a German named Dietrich was behind the wheel. But an investigator said that Eriksson later admitted he was driving.

During a hearing Monday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charles Palmer refused to lift a freeze on Eriksson's assets, including his $6-million home and a bank account. Prosecutors had the assets frozen to pay restitution if Eriksson is convicted. The judge did allow Eriksson to continue his mortgage payments.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/15/ferrari.crash.ap/index.html