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A BOUNCER and his son have been accused of trying to blackmail F1 legend Michael Schumacher’s family out of £12million.
Yilmaz T., 53, and his son, 30, from Wuppertal, western Germany, face up five years in prison if found guilty of the allegations.
The pair are alleged to have “claimed to employees of the Schumacher family” that they had files the family might not want publishing, the public prosecutor’s office said.
They are said to show the former Formula 1 world champion after his skiing accident in 2013, German outlet BILD report, and some were even allegedly sent to the family as proof.
The perpetrators then demanded a payment “in the millions” to prevent the files from being published on the darknet.
It’s claimed Yilmaz T. had these files for several years, although it remains unclear how they came into his possession.
The report adds that he had previously tried to offer the material to two other people several years ago to help him carry out the blackmail, only for them to refuse.
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At the beginning of June, he decided to involve his son in the heinous crime.
But cops were able to track down the extortionists through “technical measures” and arrested them in a discount store parking lot in Groß-Gerau, a town in central German state Hesse, last month.
The pair had been on their way to the southern city of Konstanz, where Yilmaz T. is understood to have a second home and a job on nearby Lake Constance.
If found guilty of their crimes, the father and son could spend half a decade behind bars.
According to BILD, the duo are already on probation for another offence involving incitement to acquire, possess and carry weapons and ammunition.
Yilmaz T. had been sentenced to one year and two months in prison but served just two months in pre-trial detention before the remainder of his sentence was suspended.
A judge saw a favourable social prognosis for the bouncer, with the court convinced he would lead a crime-free life “even without the influence of the penal system.”
