Summary
THE scene is the ultra -luxurious Lanserhof health spa, set high in the Austrian Tyrol above Innsbruck. It is the summer of 2007 and an attractive 45-year-old blonde woman is sitting quietly in the July sunshine reading Paulo Coelho's novel The Alchemist. She is alone -- but not for long.
The woman is heiress Susanne Klatten, is one of the wealthiest women in the world -- with a fortune of e9billion and a 12.5 per cent stake in German car company BMW.See the full content of this document
Extract
How Could the World's Richest Woman Betray Her Husband for This Weedy, Smirking Gigolo - and Let Him Take Her for Millions in an Utterly Risible Sting? [Eire Region]
She is also about to become the victim of one of the most audacious blackmail plots in modern times.
Klatten is approached by an unassuming, bespectacled man, just one year her junior.His name is Helg Sgarbi and he looks like a slightly geeky accountant from the car company she runs with her brother Stefan. 'My favourite book,' he says, gesturing at her novel. 'You've read it?' she asks.And then he tells her: 'I spent my childhood in Brazil, where the author comes from -- it's been essential reading.'To me, the story has been like a Bible. There's...See the full content of this document
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