Former Components 1 driver Adrian Sutil is in pre-trial custody over alleged fraud fees. However now, based on an replace from his lawyer, Dirk Schmitz, the German racing driver is claimed to be the sufferer of an extortion plot, with him and his household all focused in a blackmail scheme. This has resulted within the lack of various high-priced automobiles valued at roughly €17million.
Sutil’s authorized consultant confirmed that 9 luxurious automobiles have been taken from his personal storage in Monaco. Included on this assortment was a Mercedes 600, beforehand owned by the late singer and actor Elvis Presley.
“The message was clear – vehicles out, or else,” Schmitz mentioned through a report from Auto Motor und Sport, which additionally acknowledged that the blackmail started with an nameless cellphone name from somebody who referred to as themselves “Vladimir” and apparently belonged to the Russian Wagner Group. When a gaggle arrived to gather the vehicles, they allegedly strongly threatened the Sutil household.
The vehicles taken embody a Rolls-Royce Phantom, a Ferrari California, a Koenigsegg Regera, and a Koenigsegg One:1, in addition to various different sports activities vehicles.
“These vehicles are so distinctive that they will hardly go unnoticed,” Schmitz continued. However based on stories, the vehicles could have already been transported overseas in what is anticipated to be an organised operation with connections to Russia and Jap Europe.
F3 drivers photoshoot: Adrian Sutil
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After alleged threats following this, the household filed a felony report on 31 December 2025, which is being managed by Stuttgart’s public prosecutor’s workplace and the Baden-Württemberg State Legal Police Workplace, alongside groups in Monaco and at Interpol.
This information comes after the previous driver was arrested in 2025 in reference to allegations of fraud, based on German publication BILD.
“A number of premises have been searched along with the Baden-Württemberg State Legal Police Workplace,” a spokesman from the Stuttgart public prosecutor’s workplace mentioned on the time. “In accordance with investigators, he’s suspected of ‘aggravated joint fraud and joint embezzlement’.”
Sutil has denied the allegations.
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