German investigators detain third suspect in attempted blackmail of former Formula 1 driver’s family
Associated PressBERLIN — German investigators said Friday they have arrested a third suspect in an attempt to blackmail the family of former Formula 1 racing driver Michael Schumacher. The 52-year-old man, who was detained Thursday in a town near Wuppertal in western Germany, had worked for the family as a security officer, German news agency dpa reported, citing prosecutors. Investigators searched the man’s home and took away items including mobile phones, hard drives and memory sticks to comb them for evidence, prosecutor Wolf-Tilman Baumert said. Prosecutors in the case arrested two men last month and said the pair — a father and son from Wuppertal — had told employees of the family that they were in possession of files that the family wouldn’t want published.
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