The watches and cars of the Moretti couple from Crans-Montana were seized. The value exceeds half a million francs and will be used for legal expenses and compensation
The owners of the Constellation in Crans-Montana are increasingly under pressure. The investigators have in fact seized a vast range of luxury goods, from cars to watches, with a value exceeding half a million francs.
Stolen cars
According to what was reported by the Swiss newspaper Blickthe investigators’ attention was focused on the wealthy lifestyle of Jacques and Jessica Moretti which clashes with their declared incomes. Several cars were then seized, including a Bentley Continental, a Porsche Cayenne, a Mercedez Benz eVito and a Maserati. The cost of the first car is between 265,000 and 350,000 Swiss francs, while the Porsche in question can cost between 80,000 and 150,000 francs. According to what emerged from the papers, the spouses used the cars through leasing contracts, therefore paying a fee. It seems that the monthly installments reached 4,000 Swiss francs.
The seized watches
Five expensive watches were also included among the luxury goods seized. According to the Blick these are three Rolexes, therefore a steel Daytona, a Day-Date and a Datejust. The total cost would be approximately 77,000 Swiss francs. Rounding out the list of watches are the limited edition Hublot Big Bang and a Royal Oak model from Audemars Piguet for a value of between 47,300 and 70,000 Swiss francs, or even more.
Compensation for families
According to the Swiss newspaper, with the value of the assets exceeding half a million Swiss francs, the seizure will serve to partly cover the legal costs, but above all the requests for compensation for damages from the victims’ families. Also stolen were 14 cartridges and a Glock 19 semi-automatic pistol, although the owner of the Constellation defended himself by claiming to have a regular firearms licence.
France’s no to the request for an international letter rogatory
The investigators’ initiative comes after the judicial court of Grasse, France, denied the request for an international letter rogatory made by the general prosecutor’s office of the Canton of Valais for the seizure of real estate and bank accounts attributable to the owners of the Constellation. The French no concerns an apartment in Cannes, the family home in Corsica, in Sari-Solenzara, a life insurance policy and some bank accounts. According to the French court, the legal conditions for proceeding do not exist: «Requests for international letters rogatory concerning assets that do not have a direct or indirect link with the crime are not, in any case, possible in France at the request of foreign authorities outside the European Union, in the absence of an international convention that specifically provides for it, and must be rejected».
