The administrative court of Wuppertal, in Germany, sentenced on Wednesday to Three men accused of trying to carry out a blackmail blackmail Towards the Expileot Family and Legend of Formula 1 Michael Schumacherwho remains outside of public life and their health is unknown since he suffered a serious accident while skiing in 2013.
Yilmaz Tozturkana 53 -year -old disco goalkeeper was considered by justice as the brain of the operation when demanding 15 million euros (15.5 million dollars) to the world heptacampeón family for Do not publish photos and videos in the “Darknet”hidden and opaque version of the Internet. Your child, Daniel Linshelped him send the data from an e-mail address technically irrastreable.
Who provided them with the material, according to the conclusions to which justice arrived, was A third man, Markus Fritschewho worked as a security agent for the Schumacher family for nine years, until March 2021, when he was fired.
Fritsche, apparently, He stole the material and sold it to his friend Tozurkan, between October 2022 and May 2024. Photos and videos that showed Schumacher Before and after his ski accident, and that he would have copied without permission when he worked for the pilot’s family.
A telephone call from Tozurkan on June 3 allegedly alerted Schumacher’s family of the material, with tests sent to the family by email. On June 11, another email was sent with four images and the millionaire rescue order.
After a joint operation between the Swiss and German police, the number of the person he called, which led to three arrests on June 19.
Father and son recognized the facts And they apologized on Wednesday. “I’m very sorry and I’m ashamed,” said Tozurkan before the sentence was pronounced.
He Security ex -employed denied any implication through his lawyer and remained silent during the last day of the process. The three already had a criminal record before this case.
Tozurkan was sentenced to three years in firm prisonwhile Frits received a penalty of two years y Lins another of six monthsalthough both convictions were suspended, so they will be on probation.
Since its accident at the end of 2013 at the Melribel ski resort (France), Michael Schumacher has not been seen in public, and remains away from the media.
The seven -time F1 champion suffered a serious cranial trauma, spent more than six months in an induced coma and since then receives treatment at his home in Switzerland.
A recurring problem for Schumacher
That was not the first time that the Schumacher family received extortion from the health problem suffered by Jordan’s expilot, Benetton, Ferrari and Mercedes and maximum winner of the F1 together with the British Lewis Hamilton.
In 2017, a 25 -year -old man was sentenced to 21 months in suspense for demanding 900,000 euros after threatening to harm his son Mick Schumacher, who ran for the Haas team in 2021 and 2022.
They were also dragged into a judicial process at the beginning of last year when a German magazine said that an interview generated by artificial intelligence was actually an exclusive with the legend of Formula 1.
This was not the first time that the Schumacher family received extortion from the health problem suffered by the former pilot. Photo EFE/ JL CereijidoMonths later, a Munich court granted the Schumacher family compensation of 200,000 euros ($ 217,000) for damages.
With agency information.