Thieves Steal $777,000 Car While Owner Dines

A luxury car Mayback limousine worth $777,000 was stolen by a group of men while the car’s owner was dinning in a Moscow restaurant on Nov. 14, 2007.

The driver of the car owner was bundled by the thieves and put into the back seat. Russian media Kommersant newspaper said the thieves threatened to kill the driver. But he was later abandoned outside Moscow’s ring road.

Police of Moscow is investigating the case and suspected the car was stolen by a special gang and to be sale in Kazakhstan or Ukraine.

There are not many Mayback limousine in Russia but it is the favorite car of Russia’s super-rich and it becomes their ultimate status symbol.

This was the first reported case of Mayback limousine being stolen in Russia.