The inside story of the $13M Mercedes connected to Ryan’s wedding and seized by the FBI
For $ 11.9 Million US, the agreed PriCE by Mercedes mountain.
But the buyer – suspected of defrauding the money of a dynamic criminal network – was used to facing eye-watering figures.
CBC News has revealed new information about last year’s purchase of a Mercedes-Benz Supercar, recently seized by the FBI amid its investigation into Canada’s Dyan Wedding.
This surprising seizure, believed to be the most important vehicle ever seized by US Federal authorities, made headlines around the world.
After all, the roof of the 2002 CTR-GTR Roadster is considered a Unicorn by car aficionados and is apparently taken by Drake. Believed to be one of a kind, the FBI said the silver star was worth $13 million. – $1.1 million more than last year’s purchase price – As it highlighted the seizure last week on social media pillar.
According to the bill of sale obtained by CBC news, this car was bought last year by Rolan Sokolovski, a jeweler of the Toronto area recently identified by the American authorities as one of the main attackers of the Marriage “.
It’s not clear whether Wedding – an oly-time snowboarder accused of leading a cocaine-smuggling empire – ordered the purchase. But the vehicle appears to be tapping into what the US Treasury Department recently described as a “complex web” of global assets used to launder large sums of money.
Purchase agreement dated Aug. 8, 2024, we include Sokolovski’s signature and name his Diamond Tsar company as the buyer. Treasure Friends Algele Sothombevski who works as an accountant for a $1 billion US criminal enterprise, uses the Diamond Tsar as a front for money.
In that role, 37The elderly Sokolovski is accused of hundreds of cryptocurrencies ‘appropriate to the cryptocurrency of Wedding, one of the promoters most wanted by the FBI, and to buy his jewelry and cars.
Marriage, 44, by BHe is hiding in Mexico, with the US offering a reward of up to $15 million for information leading to his capture.
A racing car built for the road
As for the Mercedes, it’s like new – only driven 22 miles.
The Bill of Sale Discredited Two Motor Vehicles, based in Missouri and Florida, as being involved in the Agreement. With a deposit of $ 26 million from Sokolovski, the Mercedes was to be presented at Supercalls of the selected Vintage in Miami and stored there until it was left with the purchase price of $ 11.9-Million. “
Later that month on its Facebook page, selected bent CLK-GTR as part of “probably the most epic event in the history” of History.
With a 60-liter, v12, 612-Horsepower Engine and a top speed of 335 km / h, this is not just a sports car. It’s a race car.
In the 1990s, Mercedes needed to make a road equivalent to its entry into the Fia GT Championship series. CLK-GTR is designed as Homeloging-Legal-Legal-Legal. “
In a video posted online, Hershel Zelcer, a representative of the Miami Dealership, said that the Roadster – the sixth of six ever made – was owned by the royal family of Abu Dhabi. He revealed that the company found Drake’s car, but the deal with the Canadian hip star finally ended.
“There may have been other miscommunications, but Drake didn’t show up at the event,” Zelcer said.
He told CBC News that the selectmen turned the car over to the FBI last month.
“Rolan was a very generous person,” Zelercer said in a phone interview. “We never suspected anything to do with this kind of stuff.”
Big-ticket items seized by US Federal Law Enforcement are often fined, but it’s unclear what will happen to Mercedes. An FBI spokesperson told CBC News that the affidavit detailing the arrest remains under seal.
The Ryan wedding once represented Canada as a snow Olympian; He is now suspected of being a drug kingpin and on the FBI’s most wanted list – with a $10 million US reward offered for information leading to his arrest. Thomas Thomas Thomas DAIGLE traces his terrifying path from the top of the slopes to the underground.
The global financial system is ‘complicated’
Lithuanian-born Sokolovski was arrested last month and faces extradition to the US on charges related to cocaine distribution and money laundering conspiracies. He was named in the stirring names of a grand jury recently impeached by the US Department of Justice, which led to the arrest of prominent Toronto area attorney and a Crime Blogger Accused of facilitating a marriage to set up the murder of an FBI witness.
The indictment, combined with the latest statements from the US Treasury authorities, provide the clearest picture yet of what investigators believe to be transatlantic money spent around the marriage drug ring around you.
“Marriage works through a complex web of people and companies to launder his drug money, using everything from front businesses to luxury properties,” Underworld Treasurer John Hurley recently told reporters.
According to the Treasury, Sokolovski did alongside the former Italian military forces Gianluca Tinepolo as the main residents of the network. Tiepolo is said to have held millions of dollars’ worth of marital assets under his name, while operating luxury businesses and motorcycle businesses out of Italy and England.
Sokolovski made millions of dollars worth of Tiepolo’s monthly car payments on behalf of the marriage, according to documents filed in an Ontario court.
In addition, Tiepolo was founded by Windrose Tapel Solutions, which offered “intelligent military training” to wedding planners, said the US financier in a statement last month.
The Department also said with Thunder Bay, the wife of a Mexican high schooler, Andrea Castillo Moreno, “gets the dounder drustillo moreno and helped him commit acts of violence,” without giving further details.
The marriage network has been linked to dozens of murders, including the shooting death of Indian couple Caledon, ie, who was mistakenly targeted for a shipment of stolen cocaine.
Rasheed Pascoa Holoko, also known as “JP Morgan,” said Hossain was found to have sent $207,808,779 to the wedding in cryptocurrency tether over six months in 2024.
In total, the US has been assigned the Wealth of Nations last month for 10 people and nine organizations associated with marriage, including Sokolovski and the Diamond Tsar.
“I’m very concerned about the bank transfer you did to me earlier, “alleged senior lieutenant, Andrew Clark, wrote to Sokolovski on 4, 2024.” [sic] That person I tried to kill, “Clark added,” and the police intervened. “
As the FBI continues its hunt for the marriage of Ryan, the former Olympian who was accused of being a cocaine kingpin, CBC News has learned how he may have used the $13 US Mercedes
“If they want to ask me anything, I think they could do it [sic] with n“Ow,” Sokolovski said later, according to a special transcript of the conversation filed in court records.
Sokolovski, who lived in Toronto at the time of his arrest, is being held in custody. A bail hearing is scheduled for next week.
His attorney, Scott K. Fenton, declined to comment.
CBC News Senior Reporter Thomas Daigle extensively covered the search for the Ryan wedding. He can be reached by email at thomas.daigle@cbc.ca.
