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8th May 2008, 12:49
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F1 : German Formula 1 driver the victim of blackmail
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Adrian Sutil the victim of blackmail : -

German Formula One driver Adrian Sutil enlisted the help of police after the owner of his old computer tried to blackmail him for 10,000 Euros.

The magazine Auto Bild Motorsport will reveal in its Friday edition that a person from the German state of Bavaria came into the possession of a computer containing an abundance of the 25-year-old Force India driver's private information.

In return for 10,000 Euros, the man offered to return the hard drive to Sutil, containing private emails, photos and bank transactions.

The blackmailer, who now faces a maximum penalty of five years in jail, was caught by police after a meeting was set up to exchange the money and data.

"I am glad that it is all over now," Sutil commented to the German newspaper Bild-Zeitung.