Frank Schneider (spy)
Frank Schneider is a former spy within Luxembourg intelligence.
Biography
[edit]Schneider was the operational director of the Service de Renseignement de l'État (SRE), the intelligence agency of Luxembourg.[1]
Sandstone
[edit]Schneider founded the private investigation firm Sandstone S.A. in 2015. Sandstone was hired by OneCoin. In April 2021, he was arrested by the French police in relation to a fraud case concerning OneCoin in the US.[2] His extradiction was postponed until September of that year.[3] He faces five years in prison in Luxembourg[4] and 40 years in prison in the US.[5] In 2023, he escaped house arrest and went on the run.[5][6][7] In 2024, New Zealand Police seized a property in Wellington and NZ$462,000, both associated with Schneider and believed to be proceeds of a pyramid scheme.[7]
Sandstone has denied press reports that they were preparing a report stating that Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated by Russians.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Luxembourg, Matthew Campbell. "The spy who taped me stalks Juncker's EU bid". Luxemburger Wort. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ "French police arrest Luxembourg former top spy". EUobserver. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ "Schneider extradition decision postponed until September". Luxembourg Times. 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ "Frank Schneider spricht über seine Rolle im OneCoin-Betrug". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
- ^ a b Byrne, Rob (2023-06-09), "Cryptoqueen: Adviser to missing fugitive disappears", BBC News, archived from the original on 2024-01-13, retrieved 2024-01-24
- ^ "Frank Schneider escapes French detention, now a fugitive", behindmlm.com, 2023-06-09, archived from the original on 2023-09-30, retrieved 2024-01-24
- ^ a b Barnard, Christiaan, "Criminal proceeds restrained from large scale international fraud", New Zealand Police, retrieved 2024-01-24"Criminal proceeds restrained from large scale international fraud", New Zealand Police, retrieved 2024-01-24
- ^ "Intelligence firm denies authoring 'Russian hit-job' theory on Caruana Galizia". Malta Today. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
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