These ultra-rare hypercars were part of a fraud scheme, now they’re abandoned gathering dust in Las Vegas

Seven ultra-rare hypercars, including Paganis and Bugattis, were involved in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme in Las Vegas.

These seven cars were unwilling participants in a global scam involving tens of millions of dollars.

The exact figure is a rough estimate, but take our word for it – these cars are extremely expensive.

However, for a sad reason, they may never see tarmac again.

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Why these ultra-rare hypercars were seized

The fraud scheme was uncovered by the Las Vegas Police Department who also shared details about the assets being seized.

They didn’t share too many details about the scam per se, but they did say it was worth north of $50 million.

And we believe them.

These cars are alone are worth millions.

According to LVPD, they seized (among others) two Paganis, a Huayra R and Huayra Roadster and two Bugattis, a Chiron Pur Sport and a Chiron Supersport.

These four vehicles alone are worth anywhere between $12 million and $15 million.

They also seized an ultra-rare Apollo Intensa Emozione, which is powered by a Ferrari-sourced V12 and loosely related to De Tomaso P72.

The bad news is that considering how bureaucracy works, these cars are unlikely to see tarmac again between endless trials and red tape and so on.

The most lethal supercar killer

Nothing kills cars faster and more efficiently than bureacracy.

There’s an SLR in a field in Czechia that’s a great testament to that.

It was seized in 2011 and then abandoned in a field due to the ‘ongoing’ investigation.

It was last sighted years ago, in Czechia, and no one knows what happened to it.

The thing is, in an investigation, assets are seized and the measure is obviously temporary.

However, as they say, there’s nothing permanent than a temporary government solution.

Hopefully the aforementioned cars will sooner or later be driven again.