Missing: Portuguese villa, £115m and a red Ferrari – Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo gives lighthearted response to corruption allegations

FABIAN Picardo needs help finding his villa in Portugal and money he embezzled while chief minister of Gibraltar.

He’s also eager to find the keys to his red Ferrari – if anyone knows where they are.

It was a lighthearted post he made on his X account, mocking his critics and the allegations that have dogged the Rock leader in recent years.

Picado posted a screenshot from a Facebook group, claiming his net worth in 2020 was “£115m, with an annual salary of £100,000”.

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The user asked: “How did he acquire so much wealth while in office?”

A woman claiming to be the chief minister’s neighbour claimed that the chief minister also owns a Ferrari: “I have seen it in his garage, I live next door to him.

She laughed off the idea that Picado only had a Porsche, adding: “When I saw the Ferrari my mouth dropped, believe me, I was surprised.”

Picardo posted another screenshot of a user claiming he owned a villa in Portugal, with another person wondering “who built it”.

But the 52-year-old mocked the rumours in a post on social media last night.

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“Can anyone tell me the address of the villa in Portugal, the account number where the money is and where to find the keys to the red Ferrari?” he wrote.

“It kind of sucks not being able to have all the things people think I have… #really?”

The Chief Minister also appeared on a Spanish television show It’s all a lie Last year, the official denied the allegations of corruption after a Gibraltar woman posted them on Instagram.

But people were surprised recently when he declared to the McGrail Inquiry that his “work as a lawyer and his salary as First Minister had made him richer than I ever wanted to be”.

The investigation report, expected to be released sometime next year, will primarily examine Picardo’s role in forcing former Police Chief Ian McGrail to resign in 2020.

Last month, Picardo was forced to announce that he would not step down if the UK announced it was signing the Gibraltar Brexit treaty.

However, he confirmed that he would step down at the end of his current term in 2027, which would have seen him complete 16 years as Gibraltar’s leader.