ALBANY —The State of New York is about to become a luxury car dealer — at least for a day.
State officials announced Friday that they will sell at auction a 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Nera that was seized by the Attorney General’s office during an investigation into a $3.2 million Medicaid scam in Brooklyn.
“The Lamborghini has a black exterior with an engine hood that features a transparent glass panel,” the state’s Office of General Services said in announcing the Nov. 8th auction in Albany.
The two-door coupe, which has only 6,316 miles on its odometer, is one of three luxury cars being sold at the auction.
A 2012 BMW 650 convertible with about 35,924 miles on its odometer and a 1986 Porsche 911 Turbo Carrera with approximately 42,010 miles are also on the block. Both cars were seized by the Department of Motor Vehicles during car theft investigations
Heather Groll, an OGS spokeswoman, said its unusual for the state to sell so many luxury cars at once.
“The state typically auctions its surplus vehicles, which are generally run-of-the mill cars, vans, dump trucks, highway equipment, etc.,” Groll said. “We do not often get seized vehicles.”
The Lamborghini was owned by Humphrey Ude, manager of Advance Medical Supply in Brooklyn.
State investigators busted Ude and several other company officials in July of 2013 on charges they fraudulently billed Medicaid for nearly a million units of a costly liquid pediatric nutritional formula that the company never actually dispensed.
The Lamborghini has a 10-cylinder, 5-liter/303-cubic-inch, 493-horsepower aluminum engine and a six-speed, e-shift automatic transmission.
It was one of a handful of cars seized during the Advance Medical Supply investigation. Officials have already auctioned a 2013 Mercedes G63, a 2012 Porsche Cayenne, and a 2012 Audi A7 that were all seized during the probe.
The auction will begin at 9:30 a.m at the Harriman State Office Building Campus in Albany. The cars will be available for inspection starting at 8:30 a.m.
Proceeds from the sale will be transferred to the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Unit.
Similar Lamborghinis are being offered for sale on the internet at prices of more than $125,000.
