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Former Gizmondo-brand snake-oil salesman and Ferrari Enzo-killer Bo Stefan "Fat Steffe" Eriksson has been released from a Los Angeles jail. Good news for him, but bad news for exotic cars everywhere. The former executive with ties to the failed Gizmondo handheld was arrested on grand theft auto charges and later charged with embezzlement, to which he pleaded "no contest." Old Bo is on his way to either Sweden or Germany now, where we assume he'll start work on Gizmondo Advance or some such nonsense. We simply can't wait to never hear from him again. More »
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While the Gizmondo handheld device was almost immediately forgettable, the storied lives of its executives, especially notorious "Uppsula mafioso" Stefan Eriksson, have stayed with us much longer than the failed device. Today, the bizarre yarn of Eriksson's Ferrari Enzo crash in Malibu adds another thread. The mysterious "Dietrich", an otherwise unidentified German man whom Eriksson told police was driving the rare wrecked sports car, was finally arrested by police. More »
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Steffan Eriksson, famous Ferrari Enzo smasher, former alleged Swedish mafiosa, and one-time Gizmondo executive, saw the judge declare a mistrial in his trial for "two counts each of grand theft and fraudulent concealment with intent to defraud." More »
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This article is straight-up fantastic From Wired comes the sordid tale of Stefan Eriksson, the man we know as the Ferrari-crashing hoodlum responsible for the failed Gizmondo handheld console, but his story goes so much deeper than that. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=205334&view=rss&microfeed=true It would be an understatement to call Gizmondo exec Stefan Eriksson's plea of not guilty predictable. I mean, the man drives around (allegedly) stolen Ferraris, claims to work for (allegedly) national security, and worst of all, tried to launch a hybrid portable gaming device with a Sting-infested kick-off in London. Of course Captain Delusional is going to plead not guilty to his flying Ferrari shenanigans. More »
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More bad news for our boy Stefan Eriksson! Apparently, the five million dollar bail we reported earlier was inaccurate: it's actually been set at $7.5 million. More »
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Our favorite member of the Uppsala mafia, Stefan 'Fat Stefan' Eriksson, has been charged with a slew of felonies after his recent arrest. More »
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Stefan Eriksson, former Gizmondo honcho and idiot supreme, just forked over another car. On February 21, he totaled his priceless Ferrari Enzo in a most bizarre traffic accident filled with unanswered questions, Homeland Security officers and a German fella named Dietrich. This past Sunday, Eriksson lost his $400,000+ Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. And a 13-year-old car nut happened upon the scene, catching the entire thing on tape. More »
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GameTrailer's new video is the best resource for anyone who wants to know all about the Giz, the biggest handheld disaster of all time, and the men who oversaw its production. Oh, and the destruction of Stefan Eriksson's million dollar Enzo Ferrari! (Yes, we're obsessed with this story.) More »
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