We’ll save you right away: no, this driver did not drive so wildly that he received a fine worth a Ferrari collection. The man was stopped and checked during a police check. When the officers are given a check, it turns out that the police still have a bone to pick with him.
According to the Belgian VRT Customs spotted the man on the road and escorted him to a police check at the N80 between Sint-Truiden and Hasselt, in the Belgian part of Limburg. There it becomes clear that the man still has an outstanding fine of more than 6.2 million euros.
How did the man get a fine of 6.2 million euros?
The man is, according to the Belgian newspaper The standard the founder of an advertising company that made a little too good money supplying advertising panels in F1. In 2013, the man and his accountant fell through. The company allegedly laundered money and evaded taxes. A total of 50 million euros in fraud is said to have been committed.
In 2016, the man was sentenced to four years in prison and a fine of 60,000 euros. In addition, the Belgian state is demanding back a significant part of the criminally obtained income. This amount was estimated at 6,238,607 euros. The officers also saw that amount when they stopped the man and checked whether there were any outstanding bills. There was a moment of confusion when the officers saw the amount, but after a check it turned out that the man indeed still had millions in debt to the Belgian government.
The man now has thirty days to pay the fine of 6.2 million euros. If he does not do so, the police will confiscate his car and the vehicle will be put up for sale. Unfortunately we don’t know what kind of car the best man drove. If that car is worth less than 6.2 million euros – there is a good chance that is the case – then the Belgian state can seize even more of the man’s property.
