Justice puts BMW convertible belonging to Sywert van Lienden up for sale
FIOD
At the beginning of the year, the FIOD already took a look at Sywert’s home. Detectives from the tax investigation service also snooped in his gray BMW Z4 Convertible at the time. Why they did so is by now well known. Van Lienden paid the BMW of at least 85,000 euros with money he earned from supplying mouthguards. He wanted to help the “heroes of healthcare” with this mouthpiece deal for free and for nothing, but through the B.V. Relief Goods Alliance, Van Lienden pocketed nine million euros.
Domains
In August, the Justice Department took action, seizing money and various items belonging to Van Lienden in the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland. The mouthpiece dealer’s BMW was also taken. Confiscated goods remain the property of the original owner until the public prosecutor decides whether the goods should be returned, remain in custody or be destroyed. Autoblog has since found out whether Sywert will get the keys to the convertible back soon. The answer is no. In fact, the Z4 is for sale on the site of Domeinen Roerende Zaken. Or in other words, the auction site where the government posts everything that the police, FIOD, etc. confiscate.
Few miles
You can check out the gray BMW Z4 HERE. On November 7, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., you can take a tour of your own in Soesterberg. Sywert was only able to put 8,197 kilometers on the odometer, so the BMW has only just been broken in. When Van Lienden bought the Z4 in late 2020, he immediately went for the most powerful version you can get in the Netherlands, the M40i. Under the hood is a 3.0-liter six-cylinder gasoline engine with 340 horsepower. Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h takes 4.6 seconds.
Earlier in 2022:
The BMW of Sywert
Sywert’s BMW Z4 is not yet as well known as its owner himself, but by now it also has a well-known status. Before Sywert went over the top, he tweeted that one day he wanted a BMW Z4 in his driveway. Preferably in the color Misano Blau, he wrote at the time. He did not succeed in the latter, because shortly after he made his move during the corona crisis, not a blue, but a gray BMW Z4 M40i was spotted in front of his door. He was only able to enjoy it for a short time: less than two years.