Michael Schumacher. Photo: Reuters

The blackmailer via e-mail extorted from the wife of the legendary racer “Formula-1” Michael Schumacher Corinna money in the amount of 900 thousand Euro, informs Bild.

It happened in February 2016. Corinne email you received following message: “If the money is not received by us until March 31, 2016, your children one way or another will be killed.” The woman went to the police.

The perpetrator was easily identifiable by the Bank account number that was left in the email. 25-year-old man confessed to the crime, but could not explain the reasons why he did it.

In the Schumacher family of two children – a son Mick, who at that time acted in the racing series “Formula-4”, and daughter Gina-Maria, reports FE.