Malibu's Ferrari Guy Is Back in Jail in His Native Sweden: Crashed Rare Enzo in 2006

• Stefan Eriksson Faces Charges Similar to Ones Faced in 1990s•

By Anne Soble

The Swedish former high-rolling gaming executive and reputed mobster who became an international media figure when he crashed a $1.5 million-plus Ferrari Enzo on Pacific Coast Highway in 2006, was arrested in Stockholm this week on suspicion of grand theft, fraud, assault and related charges.
Stefan Eriksson, now 47, is currently in jail in Uppsala, Sweden, where he formerly served prison time in the 1990s for convictions on racketeering, counterfeiting and other charges related to his role in what locally was dubbed the Uppsala Mafia.
Uppsala Police Station Commander Stefan Hallberg told the Malibu Surfside News by telephone on Friday that Eriksson, a Swedish national, was arrested in Stockholm on Monday, March 30, and was brought before a district court judge on Thursday, April 2, for a detention hearing.
Eriksson is currently in jail in Uppsala (there is no bond provision in the Swedish justice system). The judge gave the attorney of the man known as "Ferrari Guy" and the "Ferrari Swede" two weeks to gather defense evidence and set a tentative date for his return to court of April 16.
Hallberg said the specifics of the charges could not be detailed, "but they are substantial...and are viewed as more superior than normal." The Uppsala official added that the Swedish justice system does not drag out proceedings in cases like this.
Eriksson's case is being handled by the Roteln-för-Grova-Brott department, which only addresses crimes of a felony nature.
Hallberg said Eriksson has a Stockholm address, but also was using an address in Germany, which is where he headed when he was deported from the United States after serving time for offenses related to the ownership of crashed Ferrari and other luxury sports cars.
Two other men were arrested in Stockholm this week in connection with the related charges. Warrants were issued for the trio’s arrest in March. There are reports that the men had been under surveillance as part of an ongoing investigation, but no further specifics are being made available at this time.
Eriksson, a cult figure in his native Sweden, has the mob moniker of "Tjock Steffe" or "Fat (or Thick) Stevie," from his days as a key player in Uppsala organized crime. Eriksson was arrested and sent to prison in Uppsala in 1994 following conviction for a laundry list of charges related to organized crime activity.
After release from Swedish prison, Eriksson headed to London, where he lived a lavish lifestyle as a highly paid executive for Gizmondo, a handheld gaming device company that went bankrupt under suspicious circumstances in 2006.
Gizmondo financed Eriksson's love of fast sports cars, including the red Enzo that split in half when it crashed on PCH west of Trancas, while traveling at speeds of excess of 160 mph.
Despite his ostensible inebriation at the time of the accident, Erickson was released at the crash scene by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who bought his story that he had connections to U.S. Homeland Security agency operations. Erikkson was subsequently arrested on charges of drunk driving, embezzlement, auto theft, and felony weapons possession.
After lengthy court proceedings and several changes of legal counsel, Eriksson eventually pleaded no contest to DUI charges and then plea bargained on charges of embezzlement and gun law violation and was sent to California state prison.

When Erikkson was released from state prison in January 2008, he was immediately deported from the United States and had faded from public view until the recent arrest.