Disgruntled Former Mercedes Employee Arrested For Causing Rs 44 Crore Damage To Luxury Cars

A disgruntled former Mercedes Benz employee has been arrested at the company's plant in Spain, for going on a wrecking spree. The 38-year-old allegedly destroyed about 50 brand new vans at the plant where he used to work, which is estimated to have caused about $6 million (approximately Rs 44 crore) worth of damage.

A former car factory worker stole a JCB on December 31, which he drove to a factory on an industrial estate, in the Basque city of Vitoria. He then went on a wrecking spree, causing damage to many luxury cars.

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According to reports. along with a range of electric Vitos, the affected vans contained high-end V class vehicles, which were worth almost 90,000 pounds.

The extent of the harm he caused can be seen in images posted on social media. Some pictures show a door that has been razed to the ground, while others show smashed cars.

The assault was so serious that, while waiting for the police, a security guard had to fire a shot in the air to get the suspect to stop.

La Ertzaintza detiene a un hombre de 38 a?os, ex trabajador de la empresa, que tras robar una excavadora, ha destrozado m¨¢s de 50 furgonetas de la f¨¢brica de Mercedes-Vitoria. M¨¢s en @radioeuskadi pic.twitter.com/13Mpo4PlqR

¡ª Dani ?lvarez (@DaniAlvarezEiTB) December 31, 2020

The police are currently investigating the incident as a revenge attack linked to work. Officers state that the intruder worked at the Mercedes Benz site between 2016 and 2017.

"Officers in Vitoria have arrested a man aged 38 who stole a JCB from one firm and smashed it into 50 parked vehicles," a spokesperson for the local police said. He further said, "Police arrived at the scene of the damage to find the man at the wheel of the JCB smashing into the parked vehicles. He was held on suspicion of causing criminal damage."

Speaking of displeased workers, a Ferrari-owner too faced the wrath of a disgruntled employee.

As an act of vengeance, the Illinois shipping business owner's Italian supercar - Ferrari GTC4Lusso, which is the successor to the super Ferrari FF - was destroyed by the angry employee following a disagreement.

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Apparently the newly hired driver was ¡®not deemed fit (or stable) for the job¡¯ and after being told that, he rammed a Volvo truck into his boss¡¯ Ferrari.

¡®This driver was promised a 2020 truck but he was not producing enough to get a 2020 truck so he was denied the new truck¡­ He got mad and slammed the truck on the owners car out of anger !!! I seen the actual video with voice and is on video the whole incident!¡¯ someone with the initials C.B., an Illinois driver, wrote on a Facebook post on United Truckers. Social media posts claimed that the driver was promised a new 2020 semi-truck if he met a certain quota, but he failed to meet it.

Seems like 'Hell hath no fury as a disgruntled employee's scorn'.

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