He Capitalized on the Gullibility of Ferrari Owners!

by all appearances 24 year old Daniel lessen was just a young trust fund baby with an actual baby face to go with it it came to no one's surprise that he had access to a collection of rare Ferraris because of course his dad was as he claimed a powerful Russian oligarch Legends Ferrari collection has been a subject of Interest among his followers on social media where

he would often post pictures and videos of himself with the cars Pleasant's collection included models such as the Ferrari 488 spider Ferrari 458 Italia and Ferrari California however it's unclear how lessen acquired his Ferrari collection some have speculated that the cars may have been rented or leased for the purpose of his social media posts it's also possible that lezin may have purchased the cars through fraudulent

means or through the proceeds of his alleged illegal activities one of the people who was impressed by lessons collection was Rob Ferretti the owner of Adventure drives a company that offers exotic car tours and driving experiences according to Ferretti he first met lesson at an exotic car event in Florida where a legend was showing off his collection something we'll get into a bit later lesson's extravagant

lifestyle was called into question after several individuals accused him of Fraud and deception in addition to the aforementioned oligarch story lesson would often pose as a billionaire and claimed to have made his fortune through crypto trading and investments in real estate in a time when so many young people were earning Millions from early investments in obscure cryptocurrencies lessons claimed weren't all that hard to believe the

individuals who accused him of fraud fully believed his stories mainly because they wanted to believe him what Legend was offering was every Ferrari collector's dream and lessen despite being all of 24 years old at the time knew this all too well he already had extensive experience finding ways to entice people looking for something extraordinary and rare for many novices and even many experienced investors falling for

any sort of scam can be quite easy especially if the scammer is extremely charismatic and experienced in being the person you want him to be to sell you on the investment lessons alleged deception went beyond his fraudulent schemes he also pretended to be a Russian billionaire and use the name Daniel lyellen to conduct his business deals he would often claim that he had made his fortune

in Russia and had connections to higher ranking officials in the country however it was later revealed that Daniel lyland was a fake identity created by Legend to deceive people the Russian Embassy in the UAE confirmed that they had no record of anyone by that name and that lesson had never held a Russian passport but this information was only discovered later on after the schemes were revealed

by investigators and victims for years lesson built a reputation of wealth and power despite not having any of either one man David Eisen had an interesting perspective on the entire situation as someone from the outside looking into the disaster that was unfolding before the luxury car communities very eyes for example one of Legends alleged victims a businessman from the UK claimed that he had invested over

two hundred thousand dollars in lessons crypto scheme lesson was subsequently arrested in Dubai in 2020 following an investigation into his alleged fraudulent activities he most likely was just one of many people who haven't come forward with their stories of getting ripped off by a lesson obviously for lessons Ferrari collection he didn't have an actual source of consistent income to justify owning such a collection travel agent

David Eisen is The Man Behind Lux rallies an exclusive Travel Service that offers high-end driving experiences to luxury car enthusiasts eisen's unique approach to travel planning has garnered him a reputation as one of the most sought after travel agents in the industry one of the things that sets lugs rallies apart from other travel Services is its focus on supercars eisen's clients are passionate about high performance

Automobiles and he has made it his mission to provide them with experiences that cater to their interests recently Eisen found himself hearing stories about a 24 year old car collector named Daniel lessen according to eisen's clients lesson had amassed an impressive collection of luxury and exotic cars including a Lamborghini Aventador a Ferrari 458 Italia Rolls-Royce Ghost Eisen was intrigued by Liz and story and decided to

do some research of his own while conducting his research Eisen discovered more crazy stories about lesson he found out from his wealthy travel clients that Legend was claiming he had somehow gotten a hold of future allotments of the latest and greatest Ferrari model the Ferrari Monza sp1 and SP2 every luxury sports car collector wanted this car especially collectors who favor Ferraris and other Italian supercars in

order to make these claims lesson Had to convince people that he was part of a prestigious program that only the wealthiest people in the world have access to the program is called Ferrari Ambassador and is designed to reward the company's most devoted customers ambassadors are selected based on their history with the brand including the number of Ferraris they have owned how active they are in the

Ferrari Community once a customer becomes an ambassador they're given access to a range of exclusive benefits these include in invitations to special events access to limited edition vehicles and the opportunity to order custom-built Ferraris one of the most coveted benefits of being a Ferrari Ambassador is the allocation privilege this means that ambassadors are given priority when it comes to ordering new Ferraris when a new model

is announced ambassadors are the first to receive information and are given the opportunity to place an order before the general public allocation privileges aren't given to all ambassadors however they're reserved for the most loyal and influential customers these are individuals who have a long history with the brand own multiple Ferraris and are active in the Ferrari Community lesson claimed that his family was a part of

the program and that they owned over 75 Ferraris and that because of his family's highest status in the program he could obtain as many allotments as he wanted in other words Legend could pre-order the car every luxury sports car collector wanted to get their hands on and he was the only person willing to do it allocating cars on your own is a very Risky Business If

Ferrari finds out what you're doing the company is very particular on who can sell their vehicles so listen how to get creative and how he would sell the mysterious monzas to do so he established a few different shell companies but it was his friendship with Ferrari dealer Rob Ferretti that really helped him spread the scam around Rob Ferretti who we mentioned earlier as the owner of

Adventure drives is also a well-known name in the Exotic Car community on YouTube with over 849 000 subscribers on his channel Super Speeders but recently Freddy has found himself in the spotlight for a very different reason his alleged involvement in a scheme to sell allocations of the limited edition Ferrari Monza SP sports cars for profit Ferretti has been linked to lessen according to court documents for

Eddie and lessen allegedly conspired to obtain allocations of the limited edition cars and sell them for profit to third parties Peretti says that lesson approached him and started talking about his cars which included rare and exotic Vehicles such as a Pagani hura and a Bugatti Chiron lesson allegedly boasted about the cars he owned and offered to let Ferretti take them for a spin feretti says that

he was impressed by lesson's collection and decided to take him up on his offer over the next few months Ferretti and lizen reportedly became friends and lessen even participated in some Adventure drives events but Ferretti says that he had no knowledge of Legends alleged involvement in the Ferrari Monza SP SCH scheme in a recent YouTube video Freddie addressed the allegations and explained that he had no

idea that lesson was involved in any illegal activities Freddie says that he was shocked and disappointed when he learned of lessons arrest and that he has since cut ties with him he also emphasized that Adventure drives has always operated with the highest ethical and legal standards and that he would continue to do so in the future in a recent YouTube video titled my involvement with Dan

lesson and the Ferrari Monza SP Ferretti further addressed the allegations and explained his side of the story in the video ferriti admits to being involved in this scheme but claims that he was unaware that it was illegal Peretti explains that he was approached by lesson who had offered him the opportunity to purchase an allocation of the Ferrari Manza SP feretti says that he agreed to buy

the allocation but that Legend later told him that the car had been sold to someone else Freddie claims that he had later learned that the car had actually been sold to a third party buyer at an inflated price Freddy goes on to say the unknown knowledge of the larger scheme to sell allocations of the cars for profit that he never received any money from Legend or

anyone else in connection with the alleged scheme the video has received mixed reactions from Freddy's fans and The Wider car Community some have praised Freddy for being open and honest about his involvement While others have criticized him for not taking more responsibility for his actions either way Freddie certainly regrets being associated with Legend there's currently very little evidence to suggest feretti actually knew and participated in

the fraudulent dealings but of course he still faces scrutiny nonetheless if you're enjoying this video be sure to stay tuned and not click away for our past release on this scammer who pretended to be powerful influential women in Hollywood according to court documents lesson allegedly purchased a Pagani Huayra from Pagani Beverly Hills in early 2021 for 2.9 Million Dollars however despite signing a sales agreement and

taking possession of the car lesson allegedly failed to make any payments on the vehicle Pagani of Beverly Hills has filed a lawsuit against lesson seeking the full purchase price of the car plus interest and attorneys fees similarly veltracron claims that lesson agreed to purchase a Lamborghini Aventador svj from the dealership for 730 thousand dollars in late 2020. however veltracron alleges that Legend never made any payments

on the car and has yet to return to the dealership beltracron has followed a lawsuit seeking the full purchase price of the car lost interest attorney's fees and the cost of retrieving the vehicle jpcm another luxury car dealership claims that lesson agreed to purchase so Rolls-Royce cullinan from the dealership for 370 000 bucks in mid-2020 however jpcm alleges that Legend only made partial payment on the

vehicle and hasn't made any further payments jpcm has filed a lawsuit seeking the remaining balance owed on the car plus interest and attorneys fees lesson hasn't yet publicly commented on the lawsuits it's unclear why he allegedly failed to make payments on the luxury cars or why he hasn't returned the vehicles to the dealership according to court documents lesson and several co-conspirators allegedly worked together to allocate

Ferraris to customers who were willing to pay bribes in order to receive priority status on the wait list for the high-end sports cars the indictment alleges that Legend and his co-conspirators would then allegedly manipulate Ferrari's allocation system to ensure that these customers receive their vehicles ahead of other customers who weren't willing to pay bribes the scheme allegedly began in 2018 and continued until 2021 the indictment

judges that Legend and his co-conspirators receive bribes ranging from 5 000 to 25 000 per vehicle and that they allocated at least 12 Ferraris through the scheme there were also several Banks who lost upwards of 300 thousand dollars on the deals these Banks loaned out money to various people involved in the deal leading to multiple levels of monetary loss speaking of banks much of the evidence

that the FBI gathered stemmed from Financial attractions from JP Morgan several non-certified copies were released during one of the aforementioned civil suits and showed the exact amounts lesson was accepting these documents were classified as wire activity meaning they could be used as evidence for wire fraud charges his father Alexander Legend is named in several of the financial documents though Federal investigators couldn't find any evidence that

he was aware that his name was being used on the transactions some have speculated however that in fact Alexander may have helped his son Escape certain lawsuits in the end the feds decided not to charge Alexander due to complete lack of evidence instead it appears that Dan used his father's name fictitiously thus frauding his family as well as his other victims on June 2nd 2022 lesson

was arrested by the FBI in Miami on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud the charges against Legend carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a 250 000 fine for each count listen may not spend much time Behind Bars especially since this is his first felony charge but he'll most definitely have to dig deep into his wallet to fulfill his

punishment imagine you're an aspiring screenwriter working on a project that just had its funding approved you have the opportunity to travel to Indonesia to begin researching and Gathering material for your script since you're in another country you need to worry about your transportation food expenses and ensuring that you have a translator on site you're still waiting for the funds for the project to be released but

you know that it'll happen so you're not worried about using your own money to cover the expenses up front you throw yourself into your work but still spend time speaking to Hollywood Executives where nothing seems out of place until one day you find out that the whole thing was a hoax this this happened to Gregory mandarano a screenwriter from Long Island New York in the summer

of 2015 he traveled to Indonesia six times to work on an upcoming project but mandarano would certainly not be this scam's first or last victim hargo bind tahiral Amani is an Indonesian man who managed to scam multiple people by impersonating males and females how to go bind grew up in Jakarta Indonesia where he grew up with an affluent lifestyle his father was a film producer and

wrote rom-com and dramatic movie scripts it was when hargobind's mother died that his life fell apart and then his father's death LED detention with his siblings over the family inheritance soon he was cast out from his family after he and his siblings fell out over property disputes he attended School in Jakarta before he moved to the U.S to attend college in 2000 he went by the

Alias of Harvey when he participated in the National forensic Association competition in persuasive speaking he placed in the quarterfinals and this was wouldn't be the first time that he would pretend to be Harvey however he was disqualified from a tournament after getting caught plagiarizing hargobind started calling various people involved with the tournament to air out his frustrations however rather than making calls as himself he decided

that he needed a more powerful name that would catch people's attention this was when people involved in the tournament started receiving calls from Kate Blanchett who claimed to be calling to represent him of course it wasn't the Australian Academy award-winning actress that people were speaking to it was hargobind hargobind's crimes date back to the early 2000s starting when he was still a student public court records

state that he and a few others were a part of a lawsuit over the misappropriation of school funds The Hollywood Reporter also discovered that he was booked for falsifying checks in Las Vegas The Hollywood Reporter also uncovered that he was arrested on embezzlement charges in his home country of Indonesia it didn't take long for him to set his eyes on Hollywood where he would commit most

of his crimes he used his knowledge of how the Hollywood industry worked to his advantage aware that he could make people trust him if he pretended to be the right person his ability to impersonate whoever he wanted made it easy for him to carry out some of his biggest cons not all of his crimes targeted celebrities dozens of the people he scammed were ordinary workers on

sets such as photographers makeup artists and stunt performers he'd convinced them to go to Indonesia where he'd make big Promises of work and hide budgets to accommodate their stays he asked the Marx to pay for their own expenses like Transportation hotels and food with the promise that they'd be reimbursed what hargobind would do is simply overcharge them for expenses he'd be in charge of making sure

his marks had what they needed he simply acted as an overly expensive middleman many of them willingly did this even if they were paying thousands even tens of thousands of dollars in expenses on top of his travel scam hargobind was also the host of the food-centric Instagram account pure bites although he never identified himself on the account he managed to gain 50 000 followers it used

the tagline every meal has a story and he presented himself as someone who grew up in Indonesia and the US the accounted photos and videos of well photographed meals from some of the fanciest restaurants in the United Kingdom he'd mentioned his escapades exploring London's culinary scene and would use his platform to promote different restaurants he sometimes rounded out the post with mentions of his love life

his relationship with his parents or the time he spent exploring London's culinary Cuisine sometimes he told fans about struggling with potentially life-threatening illnesses such as pancreatic cancer the clerkenwell boy another faces Instagram account is an account that also documents restaurants in London and has a quarter of a million followers one thing that hargobind wanted more than anything was adulation he was an opportunist and would fawn

over anyone he met that he felt could help him raise his status if he were talking to someone of high status he would laugh too hard at their jokes or compliment them so much that it would make them uncomfortable when he wasn't worshiping high-profile people he met he was name dropping other people he knew he wanted to make it clear that he was well connected in

the London restaurant scene Paul Hansen is a highly regarded photographer in the industry he was contacted One Day in 2018 by a man named Gavin and Banny and Banny wanted pictures for his Instagram account and felt that Hanson would be the perfect person to take them and Banny was hargobind's new Alias and the one that he would use to promote his Instagram account but Ambani wouldn't

accept no for an answer he name dropped Sarah Packer and idamar sirlovich the chef owners of honey and Company a popular middle eastern restaurant in London while he claimed to have a close relationship with Packer and solovic the couple only knew him as a customer at one of the restaurants and Benny spoke to srilovich one day about Karam said he one of the people behind the

Michelin starred gimkana restaurant in Mayfair when slovich spoke about his admiration for saidi's work Ambani offered to introduce them to one another however said he knew of Ambani for the wrong reasons and Bonnie had gone to settings restaurant trishna four or five times while said he saw him when he was there he thought imbani was just an ordinary customer but then after feeling disgruntled about how

the staff treated him at the restaurant he sent a slew of emails complaining about the service at the restaurant so much so that he caught steady's attention according to Ambani a staff member wasn't giving him the attention that he felt he deserved when he was there he was heated and threatened to call Michelin and his attorneys said he personally called him Bonnie to smooth things over

and that's when ambani's demeanor completely changed rather than continuing with his threats he expressed admiration for the chef as if he was said he's super fan since Ambani knew some of his friends he agreed to get a coffee with Ambani to discuss the project and Bonnie told him that he grew up in India and was born into a wealthy family he said he worked for Netflix

in the UK and claimed his goal was to become a key influencer in the food world and Bonnie planned to develop a Gastronomy Channel by developing the TV side of Instagram and Bonnie called upon his restaurant friends for the locations of the two shoots the first was at zoo Tea House in Chinatown second shoot was done at honey and smoke owned by Packer and strollovich in

one shot Ambani sat while several servers poured teapots with rainbow colors out in front of him to represent that embody was gay at honey and smoke he broke bread with hacker and solovic which was supposed to be a symbol for breaking the social barriers with their Israeli Middle Eastern cooking he went as far as to say that he stood for breaking down barriers the shoots were

successful and the photographs were in Hanson's signature dramatic yet intimate style then came time for the payment which was over four thousand pounds and Bonnie claimed that there was a technical issue and that he had to transfer money from his aunt's American bank account which was where his money was tied up of course he promised he would get hands in the money soon Hanson found him

Bonnie odd but wasn't worried about getting his money after all why would a fraudster show his face so much and even document his scam through public photographs however some time passed Hanson still wasn't paid and Bonnie's excuses became more implausible such as when he said he would physically deliver the money one day but then didn't show up other times they spoke about the money and money

asked for more time eventually Hanson asked for Lovich to check in Bonnie's bank statement as he was growing suspicious over weather in Bonnie was who he said he was and Bonnie found out about this it was furious with Hanson he accused Hanson of defamation a criminal act for contacting srilovich he also said that Hanson telling srilovich built a weird situation with the money made him really

upset Hansen was never hey Hanson's photographs were still used on the purebites Instagram account but purebites eventually removed them after receiving repeated reminders that he never paid for the work hargobind's next scam would be set up around him impersonating multiple Executives that worked for the China film group a mainland China film company that had handled several large Productions one of his victims from his China film

group days was Gregory mandarano he was from Long Island New York as an aspiring screenwriter he jumped at the opportunity to travel to Indonesia For an upcoming project in the summer of 2015 he went with his writing partner to Indonesia six times to pursue the project their issue was the finances for the project they believed the money was approved it just had to be released in

the meantime they would have to cover expenses in themselves understanding that they would be reimbursed when the money became available covering expenses for themselves was getting expensive but they knew they had to do it while they waited for the rest of the financing a producer for China film group named Anan sippy met with the pair regularly while they were in the country mandarano was also in

touch with many Executives at China film group all reassuring him that they would get their money soon however mandarano was not speaking to multiple high-powered Executives in the film industry as he thought in fact he would soon learn that he was only talking to one person the entire time and an sippy who'd served as one of the only people they'd met in person from the China

film group was The Mastermind behind a huge scam he had to fund his own expenses during his six trips to the country by the time he found out about the truth he'd wasted seventy thousand dollars of his own money to cover the trips hargobind had many aliases throughout his time as a fraudster he developed multiple personas that were male and female all the evidence gathered over

the years makes it clear that aliases such as Gavin and Bonnie Lyle Gobind and so many others were all just hard to bind of course then there are the famous people he impersonated starting back when he pretended to be Kate Blanchett Henry Wu a photographer was delighted when he was contacted by Wendy dang Murdoch who was once married to the media Mogul Rupert Murdoch Wendy reached

out to him and his partner Zori shanchanka about taking on an assignment abroad for an exhibition that was part of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics hargobind began impersonating Wendy to lure Henry and Zori to Indonesia the San francisco-based pair are co-editors of the photography site this life of travel they were flattered that Wendy reached out to them and probably hoped that it would be the start

of an ongoing professional relationship when he complimented them on their photography saying it was exactly what she wanted the project was to photograph Chinese immigrant communities in Southeast Asia and to portray the Chinese Essence that these communities represented to make the story more plausible hargobind added Aaron Wendy's assistant Henry received a call from a man named Aaron who was supposedly Wendy Murdoch's assistant he wanted to

talk to the pair about the details of the project after speaking for a minute with a thick New Yorker accent he said he'd connect them with Wendy there was a momentary pause and then they were on the phone with her her accent was unique with Asian British and American influences mixed together even though they spoke to Wendy or at least who they thought was windy the

pair were becoming a little bit suspicious in one of their anxieties was that her listed lawyer didn't seem to exist while they were concerned it didn't stop them from signing their contract and making plans for their trip to Indonesia their job was to photograph people in several cities around the country including Jakarta and then they were told that they would have to pay the initial cost

of their airfares and other expenses but that they would be reimbursed for everything when they were paid for the project it was risky and meant that they had to pay thousands of dollars of their own money they still hadn't met Wendy or Aaron in person but this was an excellent opportunity and they trusted that Wendy would reimburse them at the end of the project a high

profile can connection like Wendy made it worth it for them their excitement turned to concern when they arrived in Jakarta Aaron called them right as they landed to tell them they'd be responsible for even more costs than they realized even though they were promised they'd be reimbursed they still had to pay fees like a fifteen hundred dollar photography permit that they were asked by Aaron to

make payable to the driver who picked them up the next day they received a call from a furious Wendy he accused a pair of racism after taking photographs of the driver he claimed they were unauthorized and even threatened to cancel the entire project Panic they promised to fix the misunderstanding when he informed them that they'd have to pay for another photography permit as the one they

bought the previous day was suddenly invalid this was when it became clear to the pair that something wasn't right and they were confident it was some sort of scam many other people like Henry trusted hargobind because he impersonated well-known people the list of people that Harga bind likely impersonated is long he imitated Megan Ellison a film producer Barbara Booth Ellison's mother and Amy Pascal authorities also

believed that he pretended to be the Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy an ex-paramount executive Shelley Lansing and former Sony movie Chief Amy Pascal hargivine scams followed a similar pattern he would offer Hollywood workers like photographers makeup artists and stunt performers a job in Indonesia working with people in Hollywood that were determined to bring their dreams to life made it much easier for hargobind many workers are

desperate for the opportunity to find their big breaks and his scam offered them a path to the success they sought he kept in constant contact with them as they flew to Indonesia he would give them projects such as creating mood boards for photo shoots enacting sides of dialogue that he sent them or even auditions on the phone they always thought they were close to meeting the

movie's director or producer but there were always excuses as to why the shoe was delayed every day that they waited to work on these movies was a day where they were forced to Fork out even more of their own money they had to pay for photo permits driving fees food and whatever other expenses came up that day pargobind didn't do all this work in Indonesia alone

and it's believed that he had two accomplices that collected the money while his execution was elaborate at its core he was committing Advanced fee fraud essentially his victims were promised that they would receive their reimbursements once the movie funding was released something that would never happen typically he would pretend to be a male assistant and then have them hold to talk to people like Amy Pascal

which was an elaborate way of making them think that they were about to speak to a different person hargobind would pretend to be the assistant and the executive all on the same call the executives at hargobind was impersonating didn't know it was happening until victims started calling their offices they wanted reimbursements for the trips and costs they incurred well in Indonesia but the executives had no

idea what they were talking about some of the impersonated executives hired a private security firm as they searched for answers as to why they were being accused of not paying workers then in 2016 in 2019 the FBI opened its own investigation Harga bind was arrested in Manchester England in November 2020 at a hotel at the time he claimed that he was a writer for Netflix he's

additionally wanted on charges of aggravated identity theft conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud in the U.S a UK district judge will decide in November 2022 whether or not hargabind will be handed over to the U.S authorities some of the factors that will be considered during the trial are the amount of scams he carried out in the UK and the amount of time that has

passed since the crimes occurred even if the extradition request is granted it'll likely take years for hargobind to go on trial authorities believe that he's convinced more people to send him money even while in jail as he's awaiting for his court date click to watch one of these next videos let us know in the comments section would you'd rather have a million dollar Ferrari to drive

around but can't sell until 10 years later or 250 000 in cash