F1 Boss Bernie Ecclestone's Mother-in-Law Kidnapped for $36.5 Million Ransom
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law, Aparecida Schunck, has been kidnapped in Brazil. Regional magazine Veja reports that the kidnappers are seeking 120 million Brazilian reals (roughly $36.5 million) in ransom.
Australia's Herald Sun claims the ransom is the highest ever demanded in Brazil's history.
Schunck, 67, was reportedly captured in the Interlagos region of Sao Paolo, Brazil. Her daughter, Fabiana Flosi, 38, has been married to Ecclestone since 2012.
Ecclestone, 85, has a net worth estimated at up to $3.1 billion, mainly earned from a long tenure promoting Formula 1 from a niche motorsport into an international sporting spectacle.
It's not the first time an Ecclestone family member has been targeted in a ransom plot: In 2011, a London man threatened to kidnap Ecclestone's daughter, Tamara, for a $300,000 ransom. The kidnapping never happened, and the man who made the threat is serving a five-year prison sentence.
