Frank Schneider (spy)

Frank Schneider (born 1970 or 1971) is a fugitive and former spy within the Luxembourgish State Intelligence service.[1]

Biography

Schneider worked at the United States Embassy in Luxembourg before gaining employment at the Service de Renseignement de l'État (SREL).[2]

Until his dismissal in 2008 due to a domestic wiretapping scandal,[1] Schneider was the operational director of the SREL, the intelligence agency of Luxembourg.[3] After his dismissal from SREL in 2008, he headed a private intelligence company.[2]

Sandstone & OneCoin

Schneider founded the private investigation firm Sandstone S.A. in 2015. Sandstone was hired by the Ruja Ignatova associated OneCoin.[1][4]

In April 2021, he was arrested by the French police in relation to a fraud case concerning OneCoin in the US.[5] His extradiction was postponed until September of that year.[6] He faces five years in prison in Luxembourg[7] and 40 years in prison in the US.[8]

In 2023, he escaped house arrest and went on the run.[8][9][10] 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.[10]

Sandstone has denied press reports that they were preparing a report stating that Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated by Russians.[11]

Further reading

  • "Affaire OneCoin: L'embarrassant dossier Frank Schneider". Reporter.lu.

References

  1. ^ a b c Eringer, Robert (16 July 2023). "WHERE ON EARTH IS FRANK SCHNEIDER?: Former Luxembourg Intelligence Official Vanishes". substack.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b Poujol, Véronique (24 August 2021). "Affaire OneCoin: L'embarrassant dossier Frank Schneider" [OneCoin Case: The embarrassing Frank Schneider case]. Reporter.lu (www.reporter.lu) (in French). Archived from the original on 9 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  3. ^ Campbell, Matthew (15 June 2014). "The spy who taped me stalks Juncker's EU bid". Luxemburger Wort. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Ruja Ignatova: Leaked police notes may have alerted FBI-wanted Cryptoqueen". BBC. 19 October 2022. Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  5. ^ "French police arrest Luxembourg former top spy". EUobserver. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  6. ^ "Schneider extradition decision postponed until September". Luxembourg Times. 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  7. ^ "Frank Schneider spricht über seine Rolle im OneCoin-Betrug". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ "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
  10. ^ 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
  11. ^ "Intelligence firm denies authoring 'Russian hit-job' theory on Caruana Galizia". Malta Today. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
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