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The richest woman in Germany, who has always been low-key, met the "rich and handsome" in a luxury hotel, and thought that she was a romantic boyfriend, but she did not know that what was waiting for her was an elaborate "beautiful man plan".
In the end, this peach-colored news became known all over the city, and the richest woman and the mysterious family behind it were also pushed to the cusp of the storm.
Peach News
So what really happened back then?
Let's first travel back to 2007 and take you through the ins and outs of things
Munich, Germany, 2007
Munich, the capital of the German state of Bavaria, is located on the Banks of the Isar River in the northern foothills of the Southern German Alps, and is the largest city in Southern Germany, and the third largest city in All of Germany than Berlin and Hamburg.
Munich
Today's story begins here
Susanne Klatten is The Richest Woman in Germany, ranking 53rd in the 2021 Forbes list with a fortune of $24.4 billion.
Suzanne Kraten
Maybe you are unfamiliar with this name, but if you mention BMW, BMW, I believe you are very familiar with it.
BMW
Susannah is the "pawn" of Bmw in Germany, in addition to which Susanna is also the owner of altana pharmaceutical company.
In addition, it also holds shares in some graphene new energy companies and is a veritable rich man.
Suzanne and her brother Stefan Quandt, who own 19.1 percent and 23.6 percent of BMW, respectively, have been the largest shareholders and leaders of BMW.
Suzanne and her brother Steffen Quandt
Here's a brief mention of the Quant family, one of the richest families in Germany.
In the 1860s, he started in the textile industry, and then quickly accumulated wealth during World War 2, successfully saved the fate of BMW being acquired, and finally became the "head" of BMW.
Started in the textile industry
Suzanne and her brother Steffen, as the fourth generation heirs of the Quandt family, are naturally rich and the two brothers have repeatedly stood at the top of the list of Germany's rich.
But they are usually low-key, always working behind the scenes, rarely appearing in the public and in the news, which keeps the Quandt family a mystery.
However, an incident in 2007 pushed the originally low-key Suzanne and her family to the cusp.
Mysterious man
Although Suzanne now holds only a 12.5% stake in the BMW Group, she still belongs to the top of the pyramid.
In July 2007, at the age of 45, Suzanne arrived at the Lanserhof hotel in Austria.
Hotel Lanshof
Surrounded by the mountains of the Alps and away from the hustle and bustle of the city, this is a superb retreat for some high-end people in a beautiful setting.
Suzanne naturally came to relax and unwind, after all, at her age, maintenance and fitness have become an essential part of life.
After breakfast, Suzanne did not rush out, but opened a novel she carried with her, "The Alchemist".
The author of the book is the famous Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, and Suzanne has recently been fascinated by the book.
The Fantastic Journey of the Shepherd Boy
Just as she was reading a book, she suddenly heard a magnetic voice.
"This is my favorite novel."
Suzanne lifted her head and looked at the speaker, a well-dressed, polite and humble man with glasses on it, a clean face with a hint of sadness.
Helge Skabi
She felt that this person was not malicious, so she asked:
"Have you read this novel?"
"I spent my childhood in Brazil, from the same place as the author Paul, and reading his books is essential"
The man replied, and then he went on to say:
"This novel, like the Bible to me, tells me that one must have a dream, and as long as one believes and works toward the dream, then it will eventually come true."
After Suzanne listened, she looked at the intruding man again, this time she felt that the other party was no longer so strange, but had a sense of déjà vu, and then Suzanne chatted with the man.
The man introduced himself:
My name is Helg Sgarbi, I'm here to relax, and I happen to see someone reading the novel "The Fantastic Journey of the Shepherd Boy", and I can't help but interject.
The two talked a lot that day, but they still felt unfinished.
walk
The next morning, Suzanne followed Scarbby for a walk in the Alps next to the sanatorium, and they continued to talk about Paul's novels, and as they talked, they naturally talked about each other's lives.
Skabi confessed that his grandfather was a Polish Jew, that he had grown up in Rio de Janeiro as a child, that he had only come to Europe as a teenager, and that he had studied law at the University of Zurich.
After working in a bank in Switzerland, Skabi began to show off, constantly changing languages, speaking English, converting French, and then converting to German, saying that he could speak 60,Chinese and set up a translation agency.
His main job now is to do mergers and acquisitions for some large companies, and he is also an adviser to the Swiss government, often performing "secret" tasks for the Swiss government.
Will speak 6 Chinese
It sounds like this is a successful, versatile, hard-working, and successful person!
But then Scarbi turned sharply and talked about his marriage, saying that he had married a Swiss woman a year ago, and then the marriage broke down and the two divorced, and he was sad about it for a long time.
Suzanne heard this, felt that this man is really good, very sincere, even her own failed marriage is willing to share, interestingly, Suzanne heard that he is single, there is a little inexplicable little excitement.
However, she did not show it, and as a person who has been taught to be cautious, Suzanne did not reveal her true identity.
Susanna
In this way, for 3 consecutive days, the two often chatted in the spa for half a day, as if there was a feeling of seeing each other and hating the night.
There is no unbroken feast in the world, Suzanne is going to leave after all, but before leaving, she left her contact information, and with a reluctant mood, Suzanne returned to her home in Munich.
You know, she is married, not only has a husband who loves her, but also has 3 children, and she is smart and rational, and she knows what to do and what not to do.
But feelings are such a thing, it is very magical, even if you have a high IQ, sometimes you can only be at the mercy of it, Suzanne is now such a situation, every night, she will unconsciously think of Skabi's charming and slightly sad look.
Suzanne reached out to Scaraby
After a few days of suffering, reason was finally defeated by sensibility, suzanne took the initiative to contact Scaraby, and also typed the ambiguous words "I miss you" in the text message.
However, the telephone exchange, it is difficult to understand the pain of lovesickness, the two decided to meet.
Three weeks later, on August 21, the two secretly met at a Holiday Inn in Munich, the first time they had met after many days of lovesickness, and you must have guessed what happened.
In room 629 of the hotel, Suzanne confessed her true identity afterwards.
Suzanne confesses her identity
I am the heir of the Quandt family and the majority shareholder of BMW!
Scarbi was also shocked after hearing this, and the other party turned out to be one of the richest women in Germany.
After this, the two were out of control, and secretly interacted in many luxury hotels in Europe, and their feelings were constantly heating up.
Feelings keep heating up
But just as the two were like glue, Scaraby told Suzanne:
That's it! I've got a big deal!
That day in Miami, USA, I accidentally bumped into a little girl, and I didn't expect that the little girl's father was actually the local mafia boss
He threatened to take out 10 million euros to forget about it, otherwise he would send me to the Western Heavens.
Woohoo~~
Scarbby cried
Scaraby choked up and said, I only have 3 million euros, what about the 7 million euros that are worse? This is dead!
Looking at her beloved's sad look, Suzanne didn't think much of it and immediately said:
This money I'm out!
As a result, Suzanne prepared 7 million euros, and according to Skabi's request, all of them were exchanged for cash with a denomination of 500 pieces.
On September 11, Suzanne drove to the hotel where they were dating, with 7 million euros in cash in the trunk of the car, and Skabi smiled and moved all the cash away, promising that the trouble would be solved soon.
All the cash was removed
That night, the two were in the hotel for a night, originally Suzanne thought that the problem was solved, the two could continue to live a leisurely life, but did not think, more serious problems came.
Ugly face
Shortly after receiving €7 million, Scarbi gave Suzanne another blow to her to leave her husband and children and advised her to put her €290 million in a trust fund to finance their future lives.
The amount was too big for Suzanne to agree to.
At this time, Suzanne also began to realize that this man was not a good thing, afraid that he was not here to cheat money, but she still underestimated Scarbby's greed.
2 months later, Suzanne suddenly received a "love letter", which of course was sent by Scarbby, who originally thought that this guy was quite interesting.
As a result, she opened the envelope and looked stunned, it was a nude photo of the two people, and when she looked at it, it was a certain frame taken from the video.
Nude photos of the two men
Another letter put it bluntly:
Give me 49 million euros, otherwise our beautiful video will be available to everyone.
Suzanne's brain is buzzing at this point, what's going on?
Extortion letters
But after all, she was born into a large family and received a good education since childhood, and she quickly eased up and understood that Scaraby was a scum who specialized in defrauding money.
For this kind of person, Suzanne knows that if you just blindly compromise, then there is a first time, there is a tenth time, and you can never get rid of the fate of being blackmailed.
She already had a coping strategy in her mind, first discussed, negotiated, and dragged the other party.
Countermeasures
Finally talking about 14 million euros, Skabi thought to herself, a mere 14 million is not like a game for the rich woman Susannah, for the sake of face, she will definitely compromise.
However, Suzanne is a waiting person, in order to solve the problem completely, she no longer has worries, not only did not compromise, but also very resolutely called the police.
Of course, before calling the police, Suzanne explained the whole thing to her husband, and she also consulted a consulting company and prepared for the worst.
Consultation on the situation
In January 2008, Suzanne officially reported the case to the Munich police, revealing the whole story and the truth of the whole matter, and she would rather expose her peach news than be subject to others.
Suzanne's identity is doomed to have no small impact on the case.
In order to arrest Scaraby and obtain private information, the police set up a bureau, first let Suzanne pretend to agree to the transaction, and then hand over the money and hand delivery.
Sure enough, the greedy Sgabi agreed.
On January 14, Skabi arrived at the trading place as agreed, and what awaited him was a net laid down by the police.
Helge Roussack
After investigation, Scaraby is indeed a habitual offender who makes a living by cheating on women
His real name is Helg Russak
Helge Roussack
Born into a middle-class family in Zurich, Switzerland, his father was a senior manager in a multinational company, he received higher education from an early age, could say 6 Chinese words were true, and worked at Credit Suisse.
Logically, his prospects are quite good, but Scaraby always feels that the rules and regulations are too slow to make money, and he realizes that his foundation is not bad.
1 meter 85 tall, dressed up is also quite handsome, talking and good, will be 6 Chinese words, women's popularity is certainly not bad, so he moved his crooked brain towards this piece.
After many days of pondering, he found a way to make a fortune that suited him - to be a little white face.
When the little white face
So he began to wander around the high-end hotels and health centers in various European countries, and when he found a rich and lonely woman, he listed them as targets.
After finding the target, he will not rush to start, but investigate the target, what family situation, interpersonal relationships, property geometry, personal habits, etc. are all clear, after which Skabi will create a chance encounter, and then start.
Thanks to the thorough preparation, the success rate was very high, and by July 2007, before he met Suzanne, he had blackmailed more than 10 women.
The number of women he extorted has been more than 10
Because Scarbi only values money and doesn't care about women's age and looks, women are victimized in all countries, all skin colors, and all ages.
The oldest of these was a Swiss countess (Verena du Pasquier-Geubels), 50 years older than him, who was nearly 90 years old and had a huge fortune and a castle on the shores of Lake Geneva.
Countess of Switzerland
Skabi's deception was later discovered by the Countess's friends, and after Skabi returned the money, he was only sentenced to 6 months of probation by the court, until he met Suzanne once.
After investigation, it was discovered that Suzanne was actually a member of the Quandt family and one of the richest women in Germany, which excited him, which was the biggest "prey" he had encountered so far.
But Suzanne was very vigilant, and rushing into contact would certainly be suspected, and when he learned that Suzanne liked to read the books of the writer Paul, Sgat carefully read all of Paul's books several times, waiting for an opportunity.
In July, Suzanne stayed at the Lanshof Hotel, and he immediately followed in, and then secretly observed, when he saw Susannah alone reading a book, he felt that the opportunity had come, so with the book, the two hooked up.
With the help of the book, the two hooked up
Skabi's preparation was indeed very effective, and even old jianghu like Suzanne was caught.
Of course, the story of what hit the mafia boss daughter was made up, and he often used this to deceive people and tried it again and again.
7 million euros is already a lot, but it still can't satisfy Scaraby, who left a backhand early in the morning.
Remember room 629 on their first date, when Scarbi had actually booked room 630 next door in advance, and the room was occupied by his accomplice, Ernani Barretta.
Room 629
Barrett installed a sneak peek device in Room 629 beforehand, and unsurprisingly, their entire interaction was filmed.
Scaraby used the secretly film to extort 49 million euros, and he thought that Suzanne would compromise for the sake of face and family. Because the women he had cheated on before were all losing money and admitting it.
But he did not expect that Suzanne had become the first of many rich women who had been deceived and blackmailed to fight back.
Subsequent
After the case was exposed, due to the involvement of the mysterious family of Quand, and the peach news, coupled with the media, suzanne, said that the female hero Suzanne was actually in the "beautiful man plan"
Susanna
This melon property is full, so Germany is in a national uproar.
The trial of the case was also very highly concerned, resulting in the trial becoming one of the most sensational trials in the history of German justice.
The Quandt family, which was originally a very mysterious and low-key family, was instantly pushed to the cusp of the storm.
Mysterious low-key family
Once the matter is big, there are more problems exposed, in addition to this peach news, some media also broke some things before the Quandt family.
The German public broadcaster released a documentary called "The Silence of the Quandt Family."
The silence of the Quandt family
The documentary tells the story of the Quandt family, who were close to the Nazis during World War II, providing batteries for many of the German weapons.
At that time, the Quandt family's factory was full of concentration camp Jews and prisoners of war, and their working conditions were very harsh.
However, these old things affect the reputation of the family the most, and no one really holds them accountable, and now everyone is more concerned about Suzanne.com.
Jews and prisoners of war in concentration camps
Since the women who have been deceived by Skabi are rich and powerful people, they are reluctant to testify in court, and they do not want money.
So at the final hearing, only Suzanne, a victim, attended, and she described in detail the process of meeting Scarbi and the evidence of being blackmailed.
In the face of ironclad evidence, Skabi directly confessed to the crime, and the Munich cantonal court pronounced a verdict that Skabi was guilty of fraud and attempted extortion, and the amount of money involved was large, and sentenced him to 6 years in prison.
Sentenced him to 6 years' imprisonment
As for the €7 million that was defrauded, Skabi's lawyer said:
This is all Susannah herself is willing to give, not a fraud.
Scarbby also refused to disclose where the fraudulent money was placed, and the video secretly filmed was not mentioned.
In court, he said only to the victims:
"I deeply regret what happened and apologize to the ladies who suffered."
Scaraby
His accomplice, Ernani Barretta, was later caught by police and sentenced to 7 years in prison.
So far, the scandal has come to an end, but then 2 news came out very interesting:
One is that Barretta is Skabi's military master, and he is the manipulator behind the scenes
The second is that Scaraby is actually a descendant of Jewish laborers who were abused in the Quandt family factory during World War II, so he went to Suzanne for revenge.
El Nano Barretta
However, these police have not found substantial evidence, and the facts are unknown.
Afterwards, Suzanne was interviewed, saying:
"It was time to make a decision, and when I became a victim of slaughter, I had to fight back, or there would be no peace!"
Although you will put yourself on the cusp of the storm, it now seems that this is the most correct choice.
And Suzanne's husband, Jan Klatten, who was wearing a green hat, was killed by The Green Hat. Klatten), did not blame his wife and accompanied her through the most difficult moments.
Jan Kraten
However, in 2018, they divorced for unknown reasons.
Well, that's the story of today, I'm Changfeng, we'll see you next time.
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