USAG24-Betrug

Michael Schuett ist seit gestern, den 23.03.2010 gegen eine Kaution von $100,000 wieder auf freiem Fuß und hat seine Taten gestanden und sich für schuldig erklärt.

Die von der USA beschlagnahmten Vermögen von Schütt bleiben konfisziert und gehen dann über in deren Vermögen, sobald ein Urteil gesprochen ist.

Schütt könnte Glück haben und eventuell nur Bewährung bekommen, unter Umständen sogar nur 1-2 Jahre Haft. Durch seine tollen Anwälte kann er vielleicht aus der Sache geschickt rauskommen. Wahrscheinlich haben die einen Deal mit den Bundesbehörden gemacht und Schütt cooperiert mit denen.

Vermutlich hat er irgendwo noch Geld versteckt, keiner weiß, wieviel es in Wirklichkeit sind. Ich vermute, dass vielleicht noch in Deutschland Konten von Schuett bestehen, auf dem genug Geld drauf ist. Immerhin wird in Deutschland (noch) nicht ermittelt und die US Behörden haben auch nur auf Konten in den USA Zugriff.

Momentan wohnt Schuett bei seiner Schwiegermutter, solange, bis das Urteil verlesen wird oder solange bis Schuett nicht türmt.

So ist das, Recht haben und Recht bekommen sind zweierlei Sachen… Mein Vertrauen in die Justiz ist auf jedenfall mittlerweile ganz verloren. Kriminellen wird es in unserer Welt leider viel zu einfach gemacht.

Hier noch der Nachweis der Freilassung:

03/23/2010 26 Minute Entry for proceedings held before
Magistrate JudgeDavid M. Cohen: INITIAL appearance with WAIVER of
Indictment and CHANGE OF PLEA as to Michael Olaf Schutt held on
3/23/2010. Defendant sworn. Defendant waives indictment. Court accepts
waiver. Factual basis established. Defendant enters a guilty plea as to
Count 1 of the Information. PSR orders. Court will recommend that the
plea be accepted. Defendant is release on $100,000/signature bond with
conditions. Sentencing to be set by further notice before the District
Court. (German Interpreter/Sondra Schalk) Court Reporter: R. Joy Stancel
(kma) (Entered: 03/24/2010)

03/23/2010 27
ENDORSED ORDER accepting Waiver of Indictment as to Michael Olaf Schutt Signed by
Magistrate Judge David M. Cohen on 3/23/2010. (kma) (Entered:
03/24/2010)

ORDER Setting Conditions of Release as to Michael Olaf Schutt (1) $100,000 Signature
Signed by Magistrate Judge David M. Cohen on 3/23/2010. (kma) (Entered:
03/24/2010)

03/23/2010 29
Signature BOND entered as to Michael Olaf Schutt in amount of $ $100,000. Signed by
Magistrate Judge David M. Cohen (kma) (Entered: 03/24/2010)

03/23/2010 30
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION concerning plea of guilty re: count(s) 1 of the
Information as to Michael Olaf Schutt. Signed by Magistrate Judge David
M. Cohen on 3/23/2010. (kma) (Entered: 03/24/2010)

03/24/2010 31 RECEIPT for surrender of Passport as to Michael
Olaf Schutt Passport Number C3HTXXXXX issued by Federal Republic of
Germany (kma) (Entered: 03/24/2010)

03/24/2010 32 RECEIPT for surrender of Passport as to Michael
Olaf Schutt Passport Number 255945XXX issued by Federal Republic of
Germany (kma) (Entered: 03/24/2010)

03/24/2010 33 RECEIPT for surrender of Personal Identity Card
as to Michael Olaf Schutt Number 254338XXX issued by Federal Republic of
Germany (kma) (Entered: 03/24/2010)

Update: Hier noch ein Artikel, der heute am 24.03.2010 in der Naplesnews.com erschienen ist - http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/mar/24/naples-man-faces-5-years-poker-gambling-money-laun/

Update – Update : Der Artikel von Naplesnews wurde etwas abgeändet. Der Anwalt von Schuett hat sich beschwert, die Ausdrucksweise wäre nicht ganz richtig gewesen, so musste die Naplesnews nachgeben. Laut dem Anwalt hat Schütt nur zugegeben, dass er eine unerlaubte Banktätigkeit (unlicensed money transmitting business) begangen hat und keine Geldwäsche. Die Journalisten hatten zuvor geschrieben, dass Schütt sich der Geldwäsche schuldig erklärt hat. Wobei rein juristisch beides unterschiedliche Sachen sind.

Das ist schon übel, ein reinstes Wortspiel. Schütt hatte schon immer gute Anwälte, die ihm zu seiner Ansicht von Recht verholfen haben und so manche kritischen Webseiten und Artikel vom Hals geschafft haben. Wir bleiben aber stark!

PS: Noch ein kleines Geschenk von Naplesnews.com, die Redaktion oder jemand anderes hat das  Visum von Schuett eingestellt, was erst am 15.01.2010 ausgestellt wurde, sprich vorher hat er illegal in den USA gearbeitet und gelebt, ich erinnere nur noch einmal an diesen Artikel von mir. Ich möchte meinen Lesern das also nicht vorenthalten. Sie finden hier das Visum von Schuett.

FORT MYERS — A 28-year-old Naples man accused of funneling millions of dollars in Internet Poker gambling money through dozens of bank accounts has pleaded guilty to a money laundering charge.

Michael Olaf Schütt waived an indictment and presentation of his case to a federal grand jury Tuesday and pleaded to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.

U.S. Magistrate Judge David Cohen, who sits in Fort Myers, released him on $100,000 unsecured signature bond after Schütt, a German national, surrendered two German passports and a personal identification card. He’d been held in the Lee County jail since his arrest on Feb. 18.

Schütt, who also is known as Schuett and Olaf Brand, is prohibited from leaving the 32-county area that makes up the federal court’s Middle District without permission, and was released to his new wife, Jennifer Sherman-Schuett, 28. He is to remain at a home owned by his mother-in-law on Boca Ciega Drive.

No sentencing date has been set, but is expected in about 90 days.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Barclift is seeking up to five years in a federal prison, while Schütt’s attorneys, James Felman and Katherine Earle Yanes of Tampa, and L. Barrett “Barry” Boss of Washington, D.C., are seeking probation.

“I think we have a very good argument that the appropriate sentence is probation,” said Felman, who declined to say who is paying their attorney fees, or whether Schütt is cooperating with the feds.

Schütt, who also is known as Schütt and Olaf Brand, originally was assigned a public defender after being declared indigent.

The feds had seized $2.47 million money from his numerous bank accounts, $10,000 cash found in his home, two women’s rings, an Audi Quattro 7, a Porsche 911 Carrera, and four Rolex watches — all of which the feds say he’d purchased with the illegally transmitted funds.

Under terms of his plea, he will forfeit all that property.

“I would not expect a fight,” Felman said of the seizure. “I believe that will be clear cut. If there are things that are not forfeitable, we will present that.”

Schütt was arrested by the U.S. Secret Service after bank employees throughout Florida began getting suspicious when millions of dollars went through his bank accounts and customers came in to cash checks they said were payments from Internet Poker gambling winnings, according to court documents.

FedEx employees also reported 51 packages were being mailed daily from a home he was staying at on Chesapeake Avenue.

Documents say overseas wire transfers of money went into Schütt’s accounts and he then obtained large numbers of cashier’s checks, wrote business checks, and sent wire transfers to customers in the United States or Canada, in addition to using the U.S. Postal Service and FedEx. Large amounts of money came from Bluetool Ltd., a British company, and International Payment Systems, a German company.

“It appears online gambling companies are using Bluetool Ltd. as an intermediary to transfer funds to U.S.-based money transmitters in order to pay gambling winnings to U.S.-based online customers,” the federal complaint said. “Online research suggests that many of the customers are online poker players.”

Court documents say Schütt incorporated numerous companies in Naples, Tampa and Bradenton. State incorporation records show that through one, USAG24, he’s the officer and registered agent for 424 businesses, but he owns others under his name.

Schütt had opened about 40 accounts with Bank of America over the past three years and since Nov. 1, 2007, received wire transfers and transferred about $70 million to 23,000 persons, mostly in the United States.

He also had accounts at Ironstone, SunTrust, Regions Bank, BB&T, Iberia Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Wachovia, Shamrock, CNL, Fifth Third, and Northern Trust Bank of Miami, according to the complaint, which said many banks shut down the accounts due to the suspicious activity and customers cashing checks for Internet Poker winnings.

When he pleaded guilty Tuesday, Schütt admitted he controlled and owned all or part of an unlicensed money transmitting business: MCM Capital Management Corp., MI Global Inc., South Naples Escrow Co., Southwest Florida Payroll Co., Woodhouse Systems, and Mathews Trade Corp., none of which were registered with the Florida Office of Financial Regulation.