Of all the shadowy international intrigues surrounding the case of Stefan Eriksson and the purloined Ferrari Enzo he destroyed on Pacific Coast Highway, the private para-transit company that calls itself the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority ranks among the most mysterious. Considering how strange the whole story has been, should we be shocked that an ex-pat blogger in Perth, Australia who calls his website Ron Down Under seems to know more about the SGVTA than anyone? Of course not. Here's the archive of his email exchange with Yosuf "Yo" Maiwandi, the owner of Homer's Auto Service in Monrovia who calls himself the agency's founder. Yes, homeland security and guns come up.
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