{"id":9702,"date":"2024-07-18T19:11:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/?p=9702"},"modified":"2024-07-24T23:26:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T22:26:01","slug":"zelenskys-wife-did-not-place-an-order-for-a-4-5-million-euro-bugatti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/2024\/07\/18\/zelenskys-wife-did-not-place-an-order-for-a-4-5-million-euro-bugatti\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky’s Wife Did Not Place an Order for a 4.5 Million Euro Bugatti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Original article<\/a>\u00a0(in Albanian) was published on 3\/7\/2024; Author: Pustina Patris<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Claim: The wife of the Ukrainian president, Olena Zelensky, bought a car worth 4.5 million euros.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verdict: False<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On social media, including Albanian-speaking platforms, there is a rumor<\/a> circulating that the wife of the President of Ukraine has acquired a Bugatti Tourbillon, one of the world’s most expensive cars, valued at 4.5 million euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This story appears to originate from a newly launched French-language portal, La Verite Cachee just a month ago. The article<\/a> mentions an alleged invoice and a purported employee from the Bugatti dealership in Paris, who posted a video on social media claiming that Zelenska had ordered the vehicle during the couple’s visit to Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, both the video and the claimed employee are not authentic. The video was created using deepfake technology, evident from sudden cuts, peculiar emphasis, and unnatural mouth and lip movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, Bugatti issued a press release<\/a> on July 2 to refute ‘this misinformation campaign.’ <\/em>The company explicitly denied ‘the existence of the transaction and, consequently, the existence of the invoice.’<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bugatti has lodged a criminal complaint for ‘forgery, use of forged documents, identity theft, and defamation,’ <\/em>according to their statement, and the company has initiated legal actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Original article\u00a0(in Albanian) was published on 3\/7\/2024; Author: Pustina Patris Claim: The wife of the Ukrainian president, Olena Zelensky, bought a car worth 4.5 million euros. Verdict: False On social media, including Albanian-speaking platforms, there is a rumor circulating that the wife of the President of Ukraine has acquired a Bugatti Tourbillon, one of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":9736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[36,448,447,10,66],"class_list":["post-9702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-checks","tag-albania","tag-bugatti","tag-olena-zelensky","tag-politics","tag-ukraine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t