Kerfuffles

aka Swedish-Californian Bo Stefan Eriksson

According to “Wrecked Exotics”, with a search warrant in hand, Los Angeles sheriffs stormed into the Bel-Air mansion of filthy rich playboy Stefan Erikssen, whom they promptly arrested on suspicion of grand theft larceny. Now the playboy is just another accused car thief residing in the county jail, held without bail. Authorities have placed an immigration hold on him so that he cannot leave the country. Why had he not already fled?

After completing a six hour search of his home, police discovered firearms and a mysterious white substance. The original arrest was for just plain vanilla car thievery of a rare Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren and, not one but two Ferrari Enzos. As of April 17th, Stefan Erikssen is now facing up to 14 years in prison after being charged with nine criminal counts, including drunk driving, embezzlement, grand theft auto, possession of a firearm, possession of cocaine, and the beat goes on.

Now let’s sit back and see how California justice deals with a wealthy accused car thief of $3.5 million vehicles, as opposed to the run of the mill criminal whose hot-wiring aspirations rise no higher than a lowly Toyota or Jag.

Kerfuffles’ chronology of “Bo” Erikssen and the “Wreck of the Flying Enzo Ferrari”.

The Big If: Stefan Erikksen, aka Stefan Erikkson, has admitted that it was he who was piloting the $1 million dollar Ferrari Enzo when it landed on a Malibu highway and split in two, today’s Washington Post is reporting in “The High-Octane Story of the Felon and the Ferrari”:

Eriksson appeared in court for his arraignment looking haggard in an orange jumpsuit … his hands shackled. … Deputy District Attorney Tamara Hall said Eriksson was a flight risk and that when he was arrested April 7, he had an airplane ticket to England. She also revealed that Eriksson admitted he was driving the Ferrari at the time of the accident. Eriksson’s attorney, David Elden, said "The press has really blown this out of proportion. … It’s really taken on a life of its own." If found guilty of all counts, Eriksson faces 14 years in prison.

The Big If … “If found guilty … .” Can a fabulously rich high flyer ever be found guilty of anything in California with its high priced teams of defense lawyers?

On a winter dawn on a razor-straight stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, a lipstick-red Ferrari Enzo crested a hill at a speed that sheriff’s investigators would later calculate to be 162 miles per hour. The car — if that word is not too lame to describe a 660-horsepower V12 rocket on wheels worth $1.6 million, one of only 400 ever made, described variously as "rolling art" and "the greatest performance road car ever" — went airborne. Perhaps the Enzo thought it could fly? Alas, it careened into a utility pole, which effectively sliced the vehicle in half, and scattered shredded Ferrari bits over a debris field that measured 1,200 feet.

1. The Mysterious Enzo Saga

   The Mysterious Enzo Saga And The Beat Goes On - In California … the wrecked Enzo. Stefan Eriksson is or is not connected to a fully loaded Glock handgun clip found … ., amongst others, may or may not be involved with the crashed Ferrari Enzo. We do know

2. Rich and Infamous

   Rich and Infamous Why do rich Beverly Hillsbillians think they can get away with breaking the law? Because they can … to drive about. When her husband’s rare Enzo Ferrari was mysteriously crashed in the Malibu Hills … and priceless vehicles and live in gated Bel-Air estates. Ex-con Erikssen’s Enzo Ferrari Stefan Eriksson

3. Ex-con Erikssen’s Enzo

   Where, Oh Where Is Stefan Erikssen? - With no car registration, no driver’s license and no red Enzo, can he still be in California … they have access to the scores of Beverly Hills attorneys who specialize in “DWI Not by Alcohol” cases. “DWINBA” lawyers are skilled in proving beyond a reasonable doubt that merely sitting behind the wheel of such an awesome vehicle, just knowing that you control the power to go from 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds, that you can take off from standing still to 100 mph and come to a full stop in just 10 seconds, causes immediate intoxication in anyone, even teetotalers and, most importantly, even jurors and judges.

4. The Ferrari Twist

   The Ferrari Twist As The World Turns “I wish he was driving a Corvette.” –Mr … million Ferrari Enzo, to a wealthy former executive of Gizmondo, to the Swedish Uppsala Mafia, and how … of the dots from Gizmondo to the wrecked red Enzo: Gizmondo Flow Chart. (“Enzo-Ferrari Mystery

5. Enzo Ferrari Mystery

   Enzo Ferrari Mystery Woe Is US. If Only He Had Crashed a Corvette, No One Would Have Noticed. Ferrari Enzo On February 21st of this year, a 2003 Ferrari Enzo crashed and split in two on the Pacific Coast … with friends in Beverly Hills when they decided to race the Enzo against a silver Mercedes SLR. Now

Why do rich Beverly Hillsbillians think they can get away with breaking the law? Because they can. However, recently the Beverly Hills police force must have decided that it can no longer look the other way at rich and famous traffic offenders, without becoming a subject of national ridicule. Finally - they have taken a gander at Stefan Erikssen’s Mercedes McLaren that tools about town without legal registration. When they stopped the driver, Erikssen’s wife, she didn’t even possess a valid driver’s license. However, she couldn’t claim the passenger had been the driver, as he was a child, her own child. Besides, cameras were rolling. Now the Erikssens are minus one more exotic luxury car to drive about.

When her husband’s rare Enzo Ferrari was mysteriously crashed in the Malibu Hills last month by an unknown German named Deitrich who ran away, passenger Stefen Erikssen identified himself as the deputy commissioner of a police department of a tiny transit agency in the San Gabriel Valley. Only in California could it happen that commissioners of police departments are not required to obey California laws and that they are paid so well that they can own fleets of rare and priceless vehicles and live in gated Bel-Air estates.

Ex-con Erikssen’s Enzo Ferrari
Stefan Eriksson’s famous exotic car collection keeps shrinking:

First, the former European videogame executive’s rare Enzo Ferrari was destroyed in a mysterious crash Feb. 21 on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. Then, on Sunday, he lost his 2005 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, valued at more than $400,000. Beverly Hills police confiscated the vehicle after Scotland Yard said the car might have been stolen.

The officers stopped Eriksson’s wife, Nicole Persson, 33, about 2:30 p.m. on the corner of Beverly Drive and Wilshire Boulevard because an officer found the car’s European license plate suspicious. The officer then discovered that Persson lacked a driver’s license and that the car was not registered in the United States.

(Part 1)
Where, Oh Where Is Stefan Erikssen? - With no car registration, no driver’s license and no red Enzo, can he still be in “California Dreaming”?

If you be a-wondering whatever happened to that California Swedish ex-convict, Stefan Erikssen, the last I read is that he was cruising around Mexico on the missing yacht and that no one, including the police, was particularly concerned with his whereabouts, saying that his normal habitat ranges from Sweden to the UK to California, according to Pepperdine University’s “Graphic”. Erikssen is the fabulously rich playboy whose red Enzo sports car spectacularly split in two on the Coastal Highway near Malibu. The driver and suspected Ferrari Enzo murderer, mysteriously ran off into the Malibu hills, leaving Erikssen, the owner of the car who just so happened to be a “passenger”, virtually uninjured.

Enzo Ferrari Mystery

No one has been charged with any law violations in the accident, as the Ferrari was airborne at the time it came in for a landing on the famous highway. Tragically for the flying car, it “undershot” the roadway and returned to earth in front of a utility pole which split the car in half. Miraculously, passenger/owner Erikssen walked away with only a scratch on his mouth. Law enforcement continues to search the Malibu bush for the “runaway” driver, while at the same time researching California law to find if any charges can be brought when a $1 million sports car turns into an airplane. To date, police officials have found no laws that were violated, proclaiming that California highways were originally designed for the more mundane vehicles that stay earthbound, such as Fords and Chevys.

The dedicated playboy car, the Ferrari Enzo, is a limited-edition vehicle, designed by its manufacturer with 650 horsepower, reaching cruising speeds up to 225 mph. The company owners have been terribly embarrassed that their flagship sportscar became an airborne spaceship at the relatively poky speed of 163 mph. Their chagrin has been heightened by the fact that the Italian engineered vehicle came apart like a sack of potatoes. Yet, they have found cause for optimism, bragging that “the passenger-safety system alone is worth $1 million, for it most obviously performed well”

Supposed owner Stefan Erikssen was not at all concerned about losing his red Enzo Ferrari because he has another, a black Enzo. However he was quite concerned about becoming Ferrari’s poster boy and living testament to Ferrari automobile safety innovations, as Mr. Erikssen prefers to live his life in the shadows, rather than the glint and gleam of infamy.

When the Enzo first came upon the market the list price was more than $650,000, however a super-rich playboy could not just walk into a showroom and plunk down the cash. No, this car was so special, that if one were not a really important VIP, such as a Pope, one was required to already own a Ferrari. Now that the car is no longer being made, it has become a collectors’ item, usually fetching over $1 million on the used car market. The Malibu loss sadly leaves the Southern California community of Enzos with but fifteen remaining in the entire region.

The Twists and Turns of Stefan Erikssen and his Ferraris

(Part 2)

Enzo aficionados and dealers grouse privately that Erikssen was an serial abuser of such Ferraris. Because the automobiles are such rare jewels, they should not be driven on the roadways where they come into contact with the riff-raff vehicles of working men and women. An Enzo Ferrari should not be driven at all, as it exists for the prestige of ownership not for transportation. The sports car should not even be raced, as everyone already knows how fast it can go. One buys this car for its status. One owns an Enzo to show the world that one can afford the latest thing, or that one has an ‘in’ with a Ferrari dealer, or that one is a mobster.

Of course, everyone knows that in Erikssen’s case, he did not really own the Ferrari as it was in the process of being repossessed, but that is neither here nor there. The super-rich are different, as any taxpaying Honda driver can tell you. Enzo Ferrari owners can tool about Beverly Hills in their unregistered and unrepossessed vehicles and no police officer would dare be so brazen as to ask for proof of anything upon noticing the lack of California tags. They drive without California drivers’ licenses, and when they are finally found out, the police release them so they can take their yachts out on cruises. When the breathalyzer registers their alcohol level as intoxicated, as it did with Erikssen, they can claim, without raising an eyebrow, to not be the driver, even when their own blood is found upon the deployed driver’s side airbag. This is because they have access to the scores of Beverly Hills attorneys who specialize in “DWI Not by Alcohol” cases. “DWINBA” lawyers are skilled in proving beyond a reasonable doubt that merely sitting behind the wheel of such an awesome vehicle, just knowing that you control the power to go from 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds, that you can take off from standing still to 100 mph and come to a full stop in just 10 seconds, causes immediate intoxication in anyone, even teetotalers and, most importantly, even jurors and judges.

Although the crashed Enzo that Stefan Erikssen does “not” own looks destroyed, the Ferrari factory says that it can rebuild the vehicle to its former splendor for a mere $200,000 to $300,000. Since that would put the repaired car into the buying range of the non-super-rich, Erikssen does not want it back. A Bugatti dealer, Ehren Bragg, has revealed that the Californian-Swede has a Veyron on order. Veyron, the car world’s new top dog, arrives this year from France, claiming 1,001 horsepower from 16 cylinders, a top speed over 250 mph and a sticker-shocker price of $1.2 million. Erikssen claims that he is just doing his part to save the environment. By exporting the vehicle from France, there will be one less car available for the Paris youths to burn and explode for fireworks, he explains.

USATODAY.com - Super-rich driving ’supercar’ market

Drive American ~ Our Cars Do Not Go Airborne.
“I wish he was driving a Corvette.” –Mr. Maiwandi, of San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority, the Transit Authority Police Anti-terrorism Division and Homer’s Auto Service, referring to his fabulously wealthy employee, Stefan Erikssen.

For those who have found it a wee bit difficult to follow the simple ties of an illegally imported exclusive Italian sports car, the $1 million Ferrari Enzo, to a wealthy former executive of Gizmondo, to the Swedish Uppsala Mafia, and how that connects to Homeland Security and a hidden ammunition clip found in the car of an uninvolved motorist, which clip is unconnected to any firearm, to the involvement of the Royal Bank of Scotland, to a tiny transportation service for the handicapped run out of an auto repair shop in Monrovia, and to the German national known only as “Dietrich” who is wandering undetected in the hills of Malibu, “Game Revolution” has come to your rescue with a visual aid in the form of a flow chart connecting all of the dots from Gizmondo to the wrecked red Enzo: Gizmondo Flow Chart. (“Enzo-Ferrari Mystery”)
Ruffles and Flourishes to “Joystiq”; linked at Outside the Beltway’s “Saturday Traffic Jam”.

Woe Be US. If Only He Had Crashed a Corvette, No One Would Have Noticed.


On February 21st of this year, a 2003 Ferrari Enzo crashed and split in two on the Pacific Coast Highway near Decker Canyon in Malibu, California. In the first few hours after the crash, there was much confusion as to who had crashed the $1 million car. Three weeks later that mystery has only deepened, as James Bond seems to be alive and well in LA.

• The owner of the car seems to be Swedish national Stefan Erikssen, a 44-year-old former executive of Gizmondo, a convicted criminal and counterfeiter, and alleged member of a Swedish Mafia crime ring.
• Erikssen, who suffered only a bloody lip in the accident, claimed that the driver of the car was a German guy named "Dietrich" who ran off into the hills after the smashup of the red sports car which was racing with a Mercedes SLR at 162 mph.
• Try as they may, the California police could not find the mysterious German man running through Malibu bush country. There is speculation that "Dietrich" may have never existed or that he may be a "Dietrich" connected to Gizmondo’s German operation.
• Police say Stefan Erikssen was intoxicated at the time of the accident.
• Police found blood on the driver’s side airbag, which they claim was the only airbag to deploy, however the above photograph seems to show both airbags deployed.
• Erikssen claimed that the Mercedes SLR they were racing dropped off a passenger after the spectacular airborne crash and then sped away.
• Police say there was no Mercedes SLR. At first police suspected that Eriksson spent the previous night drinking with friends in Beverly Hills when they decided to race the Enzo against the now “make believe” silver Mercedes SLR.
• The Ferrari Enzo that crashed was in reality owned by the Bank of Scotland which was in the process of repossessing the car, when the ingenious Swede shipped the rare vehicle to the United States. The car had European registration tags and nothing had been done to make it street legal in California.
• Britain’s Scotland Yard is now investigating whether the expensive silver Mercedes SLR, the car that the California police say does not exist, is by chance the same car that has been reported stolen there.
• The passenger who was dropped off by the “make believe” Mercedes is an American, known only as "Trevor" who gave his address as a dock slip in Marina del Rey where the $14 million yacht that is usually berthed there is now missing.
• After the spectacular crash, the mysterious "Trevor" waved down a passing vehicle and asked to borrow the driver’s cell phone. The good Samaritan soon found that "Trevor" had slipped a fully loaded magazine clip underneath the driver’s seat. However, no firearm has been found.
• Shortly after police arrived at the crash scene, two men appeared claiming to be "homeland security officials" with the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority. When they waved their badges at deputies, they were permitted into the crash scene and they eventually took Eriksson away.
• The Ferrari’s owner, Stefan Eriksson, who had no California driver’s license, produced an identity card which showed that he too, although a multimillionaire Swedish playboy and video games entrepreneur, was a deputy commissioner of the very same San Gabriel Transit Authority Police’s anti-terrorism division.
• There exists a video clip of Stefan Eriksson tooling around Beverly Hills a couple of months before this crash in his other Ferrari - a black Enzo. Coincidentally, that vehicle too is not registered in California, as it sports a European license plate indicating it was registered in Manchester, UK in 2004. View Video Clip

Now police investigators in the wreck of the $1 million dollar car are asking how a such a small private transit company with only five employees could create its own police department. Another Turn in Ferrari Saga (link now dead) from the "LA Times":

The San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority is a tiny, privately run organization that provides bus rides to disabled people and senior citizens. It operates out of an auto repair shop. Maiwandi is the owner of Homer’s Auto Service in Monrovia and is also one of three San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority commissioners. Maiwandi said he started the nonprofit organization after receiving a bus in a trade for several motorcycles. He decided to use that bus and four others he later purchased to help transport disabled people in his community. … He said he formed the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority Police Department shortly afterward in part because he has long been interested in police work. He also found that having a police department allowed him to do background checks on potential volunteers more quickly and seek federal money for security on the buses.

Now Mr. Maiwandi is claiming that his agency is being unfairly tarnished because of his association with the Ferrari crash and was quoted saying: "I wish he was driving a Corvette."

The Before Video ~ Unlicensed driver Stefan Erikssen Tooling About LA in his "other" unregistered Enzo, the black one.

Updated: "The Ferrari Twist"