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Gizmondo’s Elusive ‘Dietrich’ In Police Custody

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Remember when Gizmondo‘s CEO Stefan Eriksson completely obliterated his Ferrari Enzo on the PCH and blamed his make-believe German buddy “Dietrich” for the whole thing? It appears that even the friends of rich-and-infamous failed entrepreneurs can’t outrun the law forever. After spending over a year on the lam, a man Los Angeles police are calling the Dietrich is sitting in a cell on $60,000 bail.

https://gizmodo.com/gizmondo-exec-crashes-ferrari-creates-crappy-handheld-156252

The authorities believe Trevor Michael Karney, the true identity of the fictitious Dietrich, hid in Ireland for a time after the famous crash, then snuck back in to the United States via Mexico. He was arrested today and charged with drunk driving, resisting arrest, lying to a police officer (about his involvement in the ordeal) and, potentially, violating federal immigration code. Some people never learn. [LA Times]

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