00:00Brazilian police have shut down a factory making fake Lamborghini and Ferrari sports cars and selling them at a fraction
00:06of the price.
00:07Officers raided a factory in the southern state of Santa Caterina on Monday and seized eight cars as they were
00:12being assembled.
00:13A father and son who own the factory have been arrested after they were discovered offering the cars for sale
00:19on social media for between $45,000 and $60,000, a fraction of the value of the real cars.
00:26They have now been charged with industrial property crime, which carries a penalty of
00:30three years in jail. According to Brazilian news site G1, the pair had been manufacturing
00:35the knock-offs for around two years. Clients contacted them via social media to pick one
00:40of the eight models and a color, before the vehicle was constructed. Before they began
00:45making the fake cars, the father and son spent 20 years in the car modification trade.
00:50Monday's raid followed a complaint by the Italian companies. Pictures from inside the
00:55factory show racing-style bucket seats with Ferrari and Lamborghini branding stamped across
01:00them. Lamborghini badges were also found inside the workshop. Pictures of the car show chassis
01:05which appear to resemble a Lamborghini Huracan, which costs around €155,000 when new. Another
01:12seems to resemble the back end of a Ferrari F430, which costs around €120,000 when new.
01:21they've cleared the wrong features. And we get traffic. These diversificing rail自己
01:29Railroad affords were pulled on plate and stranded flat. They just went to the high side and
01:29fac prosecute a silent step through the car crash. They tried to get it splaraohed at Wilson.
01:29So they can try to hire them at a speed point, or a second, because they got for the record.
01:29They just went directly from will. So they tried to secure the exam and they did exactly
01:30make it an accurate semi- Bismuth. They were also called to make it the second time and they
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