RIO DE JANEIRO -- The kidnapping of Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone's mother-in-law was allegedly planned by one of his helicopter pilots, Sao Paulo police said Monday.
Police said Jorge Eurico da Silva Faria took care of F1 helicopter operations in Sao Paulo until 2014 but still often worked for Ecclestone in Brazil. The pilot was among three men arrested by police in connection with the kidnapping.
Police found 67-year-old Aparecida Schunck, who had been held since Friday last week, tied up but unharmed in a house on the outskirts of Sao Paulo on Sunday.