Image shows former Austrian F1 driver Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda and his wife Birgit Wetzinger, aged 44, from the city of Vienna, Austria, undated photo. She sued her late husband's foundation for a staggering EUR 30 million (GBP 26 million). (Newsflash)

Court Rules She Gets Share Of Race Icon’s GBP 445 Million Fortune

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:May 30, 2024

Formula One legend Niki Lauda's widow has been awarded a huge share of his GBP-445-million legacy after a landmark ruling by judges in Austria. The motor racing icon's second wife…

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Photo shows 'Portrait of Miss Lieser' (1917) by Gustav Klimt, oil on canvas, framed, undated. The painting by the Austrian painter that has been lost for around 100 years, will be auctioned at Kinsky auction house on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Auktionshaus im Kinsky GmbH, Vienna/Newsflash)

Lost EUR 50 Million Portrait Goes Under The Hammer

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:January 31, 2024

A long-lost masterpiece by painter Gustav Klimt has resurfaced for the first time since it was believed to have been looted by the Nazis during World War II. The 1917…

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Photo shows the Linkedin profile of Carla Princess of Hesse, undated. McDonald's has to pay her 14.2 million euros after a long legal dispute. (Linkedin, Carla Prinzessin von Hessen/Newsflash)

German Princess Wins GBP 12 Million Court Battle After McDonald’s Backs Down

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:January 7, 2024

A lengthy legal feud between the widow of a German prince who was heir to the British and McDonalds after his death in a motorbike accident has ended in a…

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Image shows the shelves where the jewels were stolen, undated photo. The defendants confessed over the 113 million (GBP 100 million) jewels stolen three years ago from the Green Vault museum in Dresden, Saxony State, Germany. (Newsflash)

EUR 113 Million Heist Gang Gets EUR 3.8 Million For Legal Expenses

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:December 13, 2023

A gang who pulled off one of the greatest heists in criminal history are to get EUR 3.8 million of public cash to pay defence lawyers' bills, it has emerged.…

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Photo shows Mark Mateschitz, undated. The Red Bull owner will give to more than 2,000 employees a bonus of 3,000 euros, fulfilling one of the last wishes of his father Dietrich 'Didi' Mateschitz who died in 2022. (Newsflash)

Red Bull Heir And Europe’s Richest Millennial Banks In Another GBP 500 Million Payout After Inheriting Firm

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:November 13, 2023

Europe's richest millennial and the heir to Red Bull, Mark Mateschitz, has banked a GBP 500 million dividend as his first payment after inheriting the company from his late father.…

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Image shows the seized EUR 3 million (GBP 2.6 million) worth of gold and the EUR 500,000 (GBP 434,599) in cash, undated photo. A 60-year-old driver and a 42-year-old passenger were arrested on suspicion of money laundering in Bavaria, Germany, on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023.Licensed content. (Lower Bavaria Police Headquarters/Newsflash)

Amazed Cops Find Gold Worth EUR 3 Million And EUR 500,000 Cash In Family Car

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:November 10, 2023

Astonished cops have seized a EUR 3.5 million fortune found in a couple's car during a routine traffic stop in Germany. Police pulled over the car in Hunderdorf, Bavaria State,…

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Valeria Fedyakina, better known as Bitmama, poses in undated photo. She was arrested in Moscow, Russia. (@bitmama888/Newsflash)

‘Fraudster’ Sent Part Of USD 70 Million Scam To Kyiv

• Post author:Marija Stojkoska
• Post published:November 3, 2023

A Russian crypto influencer arrested over a GBP 60 million fraud has now been accused of sending funds to support Ukraine's Armed Forces. Seven months pregnant Valeria Fedyakina, 28, known…

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Picture shows the Ukrainian artefacts, undated. As a result of an international special operation, five members of a gang who tried to illegally sell them were arrested in Madrid, Spain. (SBU/Newsflash)

Smugglers Stole And Tried To Sell EUR 60 Million Of Ukrainian Gold Artefacts In Spain

• Post author:Marija Stojkoska
• Post published:October 30, 2023

Five suspects have been arrested in Spain after smuggling and trying to sell gold artefacts from Ukraine worth EUR 60 million. The Ukrainian Security Service and the Spanish police arrested…

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Picture shows one of the fossils seized, undated. Four people were charged for having bought, transported and exported dinosaur bones from federal and state lands over a span of five years, from March 2018 to March 2023, in Utah, USA. (BML/Newsflash)

Crooks In Utah Stole Nearly 70 Tonnes Of Dinosaur Bones Worth Over USD 1 Million And Sold Them To China

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:October 23, 2023

A gang of four people has been accused of pillaging nearly 70 tonnes of dinosaur bones in Utah worth over USD 1 million and selling them to buyers in China.…

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Politician’s Daughter Swindled EUR 23 Million In COVID Facemask Tax Scam

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:October 12, 2023

A top politician's daughter who won huge contracts to supply face masks during the COVID crisis has gone on trial accused of dodging EUR 23 million in taxes. Andrea Tandler,…

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