The 55-year-old veteran car king Schumacher finally has new news, but it is still not the news of his awakening. It's about a recent case that happened to his family:
According to German media, Schumacher's personal security guard once threatened his family with private photos of Schumacher after the accident, wanting to extort 15 million euros from Schumacher's family.
In the past two days, this blackmailer who has been lurking for many years has finally been controlled by the Germany police and is about to be sent to prison ...
(The Schumacher family was blackmailed)
You know, since he suffered a skiing accident in 2013 and fell into a deep coma, the seven-time F1 World Champion has not been seen in the public eye for nearly a decade.
(The former legendary "Seven Crowns")
Although there were several rumors of awakening during this period, none of them were confirmed by Schumacher's family and team.
Over the years, the team and family have kept Schumacher's health extremely secretive, and not only friends in the industry have rarely had the opportunity to visit.
Schumacher's wife, Corinna, has also spoken openly that if anyone reveals Schumacher's condition, then he is no longer a friend of the Schumacher family.
(Schumacher's wife Corinna)
Markus F. (not his real name), 52, was one of the very few people to get up close and personal with Schumacher, because in 2016 he applied for a job as a personal security guard for the Schumacher family.
（私人保安Markus F.）
The convenience of his position gave Markus F. the opportunity to keep up to date with Schumacher's condition, and he kept 500 private photographs of Schumacher's illness on a hard drive;
More than 1,000 documents related to Schumacher's videos, drug lists, and medical records over the years are stored on another hard drive.
It can be said that he has a detailed personal profile after the Schumacher accident.
In 2021, after five years of working for the Schumacher family, Markus F. left to work on his own.
Restless, he took away Schumacher's private information, ready to use it in the future.
(勒索行动的同伙Yilmaz T.)
Markus F. left the Schumacher family and started a consulting firm, but unfortunately it was not well managed, and after several years of heavy losses, it led to a lot of debt.
Markus F., who was overwhelmed by debt, remembered the privacy of Schumacher, who had two hard drives in his hand, so he decided to use his crooked brain on it.
He hired a man named Yilmaz T. to do black work and demanded to blackmail the Schumacher family with the information in his possession.
After negotiating the price of the work with Markus F., Yilmaz T. began sending extortion emails to Schumacher's wife a few months ago, claiming that he had Schumacher's private photos of his hospital bed, medical records and other materials.
If the other party doesn't want Schumacher's privacy, which he has painstakingly protected, be made public, take 15 million euros!
Lest Schumacher's wife and team members not believe it, Yilmaz T. also attached several private photos of Schumacher's hospital bed in the email as proof.
Unexpectedly, Schumacher's wife Corinna didn't eat this, and she was not afraid of such blackmail at all, so she ran to the police as soon as possible.
The police IT staff immediately traced the sender by email, and despite the encrypted email, Germany police technicians still found the sender in June after several months of tracking.
Two suspects, Yilmaz T. and Markus F., were identified.
(Germany prosecutor reports on the case)
Last Thursday, Markus F. and his gang were arrested by the police, and after investigation, it was found that Markus F. had a criminal record of up to 100 frauds in the past, but the Schumacher family still hired him as a private security guard, which was a hidden danger of extortion.
Fortunately, Schumacher's family and team are fairly experienced in dealing with extortion.
(Schumacher's wife and daughter)
You know, as early as 2016, they were blackmailed once, a 25-year-old man threatened to kidnap Schumacher's child, and the police also traced the suspect through the ransom email in a short period of time.
At that time, the suspect extorted money from the account he demanded turned out to be his private bank account, which made it quite easy for the police to investigate.
In addition to extortion, Corinna and the Schumacher team also handled the matter of Schumacher's privacy to the media very well.
Back in May of this year, a magazine published an article purportedly interviewing Schumacher, which later turned out to be generated by AI imitation.
(Interview with Schumacher who faked with AI)
Corinna and Schumacher's team also won 170,000 euros in compensation after suing the magazine.
It can be said that in terms of protecting the privacy of Schumacher's personal privacy after the accident, his wife Corinna and the team have done a very good job, and so far they have not been successfully calculated.
Of course, rather than sparing no effort to protect privacy, everyone hopes that Schumacher will one day recover his health and reappear in the public eye without any scruples...
(The former king of cars)