Switzerland 2012, 51 min, HDA prêt-à-tourner Production
by Aldo Gugolz, Romeo Regenass
Seduced and Blackmailed
Gullible people in Germany are seduced by a Swiss man and an Italian accumulates enormous sums of wealth. When a BMW’s major shareholder is blackmailed by her young lover for millions of Euros, more than just her reputation is at stake.Helg Sgarbi, a good looking Swiss man with a radiant smile, tries to extort 14 million Euro from BMW’s major shareholder Susanne Klatten by threatening to publish intimate photos.
Susanne Klatten however, isn't afraid: the richest woman in Germany at the time contacts the police and her blackmailer is arrested. The story goes public, and it turns out that this case is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
The money Sgarbi obtained through seducing and blackmailing several rich women probably went directly to an Italian miracle healer named Ernani Barretta, and to his sect. Is Barretta really the mastermind behind the blackmail?
During the investigation the Italian Barretta is also questioned, but released due to lack of evidence. Who is this man who had been Sgarbi's friend for many years? Barretta had emerged as a ‘miracle healer’ in Zurich where Sgarbi had joined him.
When Sgarbi is sentenced to six years in prison in Munich one question remains unanswered: what happened to the millions?