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The fast-driving Swede who crashed a rare Ferrari on a Southern California highway three years ago has been arrested in his home country on suspicion of theft, assault and extortion.
Bo Stefan Eriksson was deported to Sweden last year after serving a prison sentence in the United States, where he had pleaded no contest to charges of drunk driving, embezzlement and illegal gun possession.
He became known as the “Ferrari guy” after crashing a $1.5-million Ferrari Enzo into a pole at 162 mph in Malibu in 2006.
Swedish prosecutors now say he’s suspected on seven counts, including attempted extortion and aggravated assault. The Uppsala district court granted a request Thursday to keep him in jail pending an investigation.
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