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'Ferrari Swede' arrested in Stockholm

National: 31 Mar 09
Stefan Eriksson, the reputed Swedish gangster who made global headlines when he crashed an exclusive Ferrari in Malibu, California in 2006, was arrested in Stockholm on Monday on suspicions of blackmail and other crimes. READ »

Liquidators seek interview with Ferrari crash Swede

Business & Money: 25 Apr 08
Just three months after his release from a California prison, former Gizmondo director Stefan Eriksson is gearing up for a couple of difficult battles on both sides of the Atlantic. READ »

Swedish Mafia: fighting a losing battle

Lifestyle: 8 Nov 07
To an outsider, Sweden would seem an unlikely place to find rising gang crime. But the problem has snowballed since the nineties, leaving police clamouring for better tools to deal with the problem. Daniel Boman reports. READ »

Ferrari Swede: British bank demands money

National: 27 Feb 07
A UK bank has asked a Los Angeles court to enforce claims of more than $1.3 million against a Swede who wrecked a rare Ferrari Enzo in Malibu. READ »

Ferrari crash Swede faces new trial

National: 4 Nov 06
A mistrial has been declared in the case of Stefan Eriksson, a Swedish former videogame executive and gangster charged with stealing a one-million-dollar Ferrari that he later wrecked in a high-speed crash. READ »

Ferrari Swede in LA court

National: 24 Oct 06
Former Swedish videogame executive and Uppsala gangster Stefan Eriksson appeared before a Los Angeles court on Monday charged with stealing a rare, million dollar Ferrari that he later wrecked in a high-speed crash. READ »

Ferrari smash Swede rejects LA plea deal

National: 17 Oct 06
A Swedish former video games executive who allegedly smashed up a stolen million-dollar Ferrari has turned down a plea deal which would have earned him two years and four months in jail. READ »

Ferrari smash Swede denies charges

National: 18 Apr 06
A Swedish video game exec was charged on Monday with grand theft auto for allegedly stealing a million-dollar Ferrari Enzo and then destroying it in a high-speed crash in Los Angeles. READ »

Games mogul arrested for car theft

Society: 9 Apr 06
A Swedish video game mogul who crashed a rare Ferrari in California in February was arrested on Saturday suspected of car theft. His Ferrari is claimed by vehicle leasing companies. READ »

Luxury Mercedes seized from wife of Ferrari smash Swede

National: 29 Mar 06
Police in Beverly Hills said on Tuesday they had seized a 400,000-dollar Mercedes Benz sports car from the wife of a Swede whose one-million-dollar Ferrari was written off in a crash last month. READ »

Swedish games mogul smashes million dollar Ferrari

National: 22 Feb 06
A rare one-million-dollar Ferrari sports car belonging to a Swedish game industry mogul slammed into a pole during a high-speed street race on Tuesday, reducing it to scrap metal, US police said. READ »


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