US EditionItaly Traces Stolen Bond Girl Fortune to Tuscan Vineyards and Villas
Italian authorities seized €20 million in assets bought with fraudulently obtained funds from Ursula Andress over eight years, including properties and vineyards in Tuscany.
- On Thursday, Italian authorities impounded €20 million in assets in and around Florence, seizing property, artworks, and financial holdings allegedly purchased with funds stolen from Swiss-born Andress.
- The investigation began after Andress reported being defrauded of approximately 20 million euros by her longtime financial adviser over an eight-year period; the adviser has since died.
- Authorities traced the stolen funds to 11 real estate properties and 14 plots of land cultivated as vineyards and olive groves in the Tuscan countryside near Florence.
- Andress said she remains "in shock" after being "deliberately chosen as a victim," claiming the adviser lied and exploited her goodwill to take everything.
- Authorities have not confirmed arrests, though stolen funds were invested in foreign companies and channeled through transactions designed to conceal their source.
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Bond girl Ursula Andress claims she was ‘deliberately chosen’ as victim in brazen theft of $23M fortune
Bond girl Ursula Andress had nearly $23 million in assets allegedly stolen by her financial advisor. Italian authorities say they have seized the recovered fortune.
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Ursula Andress has gotten her financial assets back after allegedly being swindled out of $23 million by her financial advisors. Now, Italian authorities have shared that they recovered her stolen fortune in the form of “works of art” and other assets. On Thursday (March 26), the law enforcement agency Guardia di Finanza shared the following post on X, “fraudulently misappropriated assets belonging to Ursula Andress have been identified. Goods, …
Italian police have seized 20 million euros in assets that were allegedly defrauded from actress Ursula Andress by her former financial advisor.
Italy traces stolen Bond girl fortune to Tuscan vineyards and villas - WXXV News 25
By COLLEEN BARRY MILAN (AP) — Italian authorities have impounded 20 million euros ($23 million) worth of property, artworks and financial assets in and around Florence that were allegedly purchased with money stolen from original Bond girl Ursula Andress, Italy’s financial police said in a statement on Thursday. The seizures were the result of an investigation launched after Andress reported to Swiss authorities that she had been swindled out …
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