Malibu’s ‘Ferrari Guy’ Is Still Jailed in Sweden

• Authorities Expect to Move on Charges Against Stefan Eriksson at End of Month

BY ANNE SOBLE

Stefan Eriksson, the former big-time gaming company executive and reputed mobster, who became an international media sensation when he crashed a $1.5-plus million Ferrari Enzo on Pacific Coast Highway in 2006, remains jailed in his native Sweden on suspicion of grand theft, fraud, assault and other charges.
Chief Inspector Christer Nordström, the spokesperson for the Uppsala County Police in the Swedish city where Eriksson is being held, told the Malibu Surfside News this week that his detention was continued for another two weeks at a hearing held April 16. He did not appear in court.
According to the court’s detention order, the prosecution must formally proceed with the case against Eriksson by April 29.
Nordström said additional information on the charges and the investigation that led to their filing is still not being made available to the press. “While the preliminary investigation is going on, it’s [a matter of] full secrecy.”
The man better known as “Ferrari Guy” and the “Ferrari Swede” was arrested in Stockholm March 30 with two other Swedes, Hålean Maltsson and Mehmet Kose. Warrants had been issued for the three men earlier in March.
The charges cover the period from December 2008 through March 2009, according to court documents e-mailed to The News by the Uppsala Police. There are unofficial reports that the trio had been under intensive police surveillance for some time.
Eriksson, 47, a cult figure in Sweden with the nickname of “Tjock Steffe,” or “Stocky Stevie,” from his days as a reputed member of the Uppsala mob, served prison time there in 1994, following conviction for charges related to organized crime activity.
The Ferrari crash in Malibu opened up a Pandora’s box of criminal charges in California, where Eriksson served a jail sentence before being deported from the United States for illegal entry into the country and fading from the public spotlight.