Stolen 288 GTO's

I know only of one car stolen in Monte Carlo and recovered. But don´t have the s/n.

 

Ed,

Marcel Massini has shared a few different chassis numbers in the 288 GTO thread, and perhaps he will come on and clarify.

 

is that Hartmut Ibing's car?

 

Joe

I may but am currently unable as I am at the factory in Maranello until Wednesday.

Marcel Massini

 

Anytime, Marcel. Thanks.

 

Numbers that have had the "stolen" blot include 53775, 54779, 55165, 55167, 55177, and 55223. I think most have been recovered, this thread will clear up some of the detail I guess.

 

Well I'm a little late on this but I dealt with a no. of stolen Ferraris including a 288GTO.

A person who stole them was a waiter in Brighton who convinced numerous finance companies that he was a top of the range Car Dealer.

He stole and shipped around 16 luxury cars including a Porsche 959,288GTO,Boxer (I traced it to Japan) 2 Contache and other high end pieces. He was caught and inprisoned in the Middle East but would not be released to the U.K. because they wanted to swap him for someone held in the U.K.

Eventually he was released and disappeared.

Now remember,this was before the internet ever existed and everything was done by Telephone and letter and fax.

So 4-5 years ago I typed his name into the Internet and he is back in the U.K.,a Company Director. I had his address etc and provided it to Brighton Police. They did not want to know.

To my recollection it was roughly £3M of cars back then.

His initials are E.K.A and he got away with it.

The finance companies have long ceased to exist,Orbital Finance,Pitney Bowes Finance and others.

I had an interview above a private bank in London with a person also investigating for another Finance Co. who later appeared in a T.V programme on E.K.A who narrated my comments as his own. I didn't even get paid to go to London and discuss the case with him,I was so wrapped up in it that I went because I was consumed by the case.

I spoke in the course of my enquiries with Maranello and provided them with the Chassis No. but they were not interested either.

The papers have long since been disposed of but it was my biggest case but the only co-operation I ever got was from the Japanese importer of the Boxer.

 

Interesting first post.
Welcome to fchat.

Marcel Massini

 

+1.

Welcome to the site.

 

Who is E.K.A.?

If a UK television has already aired about him, there's really no need to protect his identity, etc.

 

Thanks for your responses.

I won't name him because neither the Police nor the Finance Companies (most of whom no longer exist) are interested.

He was held in Jumeirah Prison in Dubai and is himself an Iranian.

Pitney Bowes should still hold the Title in the vehicle (or probably now the Insurance Company that paid out the claim) and many of the vehicles were flown out to Dubai.

I had a no. of interesting conversations with two of the G. Brothers and a car dealer in the Middle East and all tapes were sent to my client.

They themselves were only interested in showing the Insurance Co. that they had made all efforts to trace their vehicles.

I believe that there was also a 275GBT

I was in way over my head but still wonder why no further action was ever taken.

Such is life.

 

What is the REAL purpose of your two posts here?
Who are the "G. Brothers"?
What is a "275GBT"?

Marcel Massini

 

I came across this group when I decided to google 288GTO and stolen.

My posts were to see if any of the info rang a bell with Edward Lovett but he probably has not seen the thread.

The 275GBT was another of the stolen Ferraris.

Galadari,that's when I realized I was way out of my depth.

I do remember that Graypaul was the dealer for one of the Ferraris sold to E.K.A. but I'm not sure if it was the GTO or the other two mentioned.

I see that you are being churlish and that I should have typed 275GTB but you obviously understood they type of car,so don't bother to respond anymore.

I have no ulterior motive other than curiosity of an uncompleted case.

 

And the chassis number is?

Marcel Massini

 

If I had the details now I would provide them. Unfortunately all the documents are no longer in existence.

I rang Maranello and gave them the No. at the time as I knew that it was a short run of cars and was told that the factory would have records regarding spares,etc.

All too late now,I know but believe me this is not a crazy story.

 

Client? Were you working for the owner of one of the stolen vehicles?

 

You've already provided his initials. Even if the Police and Finance Companies aren't interested, WE'RE interested in knowing the name of this alleged thief.

 

Marcel, have all the known-to-be stolen GTOs (53775, 54779, 55165, 55177,55223, ?) been recovered?

 

First of all,Marcel,I've looked you up and see that you are a serious person,and I've found Joe's book on the 288 online,so accept my apologies if I seemed I was rather curt.

I know nothing of the Ferrari World other than my dealing on the three that I mentioned.

I can tell you that the 288 was purchased in the U.K. (Pitney Bowes provided the finance) which may help identify the actual vehicle.

The t.v. programme was on either ITV or Channel 4 (for U.K. members that may possibly remember it) but I can find no trace of it searching the internet.

The 959 was one of the cars belonging to another finance company but they were all stolen by the same man and I had the complete list 20 odd years ago.

 

53775 was stolen 15 September 1995 in Bolzano, Italy. Owner at the time was a Swiss friend of mine, now deceased (4 November 2013). At the time of the theft the car was fitted with F40 seats instead of the standard GTO seats. Car was on Venezuela plates, owner received 600 Grand Swiss from the insurance company. The thieves had the 288 GTO flown to Dubai and then with Cathay Pacific to Osaka in Japan.

Marcel Massini

 

Thanks as always, Marcel.

 

You have a PM

 

How many GTOs have been stolen? Seems like a recurring theme here...

 

Somebody knows in which conditions was made the robberies?

Sometimes these guys have incredibles ideas for planning their robbery,
It s can looks production from Hollywood, or pick up a Van Gohg inside a museun.