Bouncer behind £12m Michael Schumacher blackmail plot jailed after threatening to release secret files of F1 star
A NIGHTCLUB bouncer who was the architect behind a plot to blackmail Michael Schumacher for £12million has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Yilmaz T., 53, and two other men were arrested after hard drives containing private pictures, medical records, and videos of the Formula One legend were stolen.
Yilmaz T. and his 30-year-old son Daniel L. were accused of demanding £12 million from the Schumacher family.
The pair from Wuppertal in western Germany threatened to release 1,500 confidential files about the motorsport legend, on the dark web, if they did not get the money.
These files allegedly included information on the F1 champion after his skiing accident in 2013 - when the driver was last seen in public.
A third man, the Schumacher familys ex bodyguard, Markus F. was also on trial for the shocking extortion plot.
Yilmaz T., who is currently behind bars for an unrelated crime, confessed and was handed a three years sentence.
His son also confessed and was handed a six month suspended sentence.
Ex-bodyguard Markus F. denied any involvement in the plot but was handed a two year suspended prison sentence.
Markus F. was accused of accused of supplying the blackmailers with the images.
Prosecutors said the former security guard for the family sold the images of Schumacher for what was described as a five-figure sum.
The father was given an email, by Schumacher's office, to send the files as proof he had them.
Yilmaz T. brought his son into the mix when he reportedly set an anonymous email up, per BILD.
The father and son were arrested on June 9 when police stopped them in a parking lot.
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