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Any Croatioans here?

I heard Mate Rimac (the kid) got seed money for the business from his dad who was a local mobster. It was a huge controversy and apparently all over the local press when it happened.

Somebody have more news on this?

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I didn't know about it, quick googling shows that his dad is not a mobster. He was however arrested and charged in a high scale corruption case and fraud [1] five years back and was also charged with tax fraud in Germany before that. Since then he was released on bail and in 2014 sentenced to three years an ten months of prison [2].

Mate said in an interview that is planning to return the loan he received from his dad [3]. Also that should not impair Mate's achievements.

[1] http://www.vecernji.hr/crna-kronika/ivan-rimac-opet-na-sudu-... [2] http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/afera-sibinj-svi-proglaseni-... [3] http://www.vecernji.hr/automobili/mate-rimac-posudeni-novac-...

I'm Croatian... don't know about the rumor you mentioned (but apparently it wasn't such a huge controversy that I'd know about it :D)... however - Rimac cars apparently has some well known and public investors

http://www.rimac-automobili.com/press/rimac-automobili-close...

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