The true crime stories around Payvision and its former CEO Rudolf Booker continue. Back in May 2022 a former Fintech Ardy B.V. business partner filed a criminal complaint against Booker for coercion and threats (remember the high-pressure negotiator story). Allegedly, Booker wanted to extort a payment of 1 Mio in BTC from his business partner and purportedly appeared at a meeting with threatening-looking persons who made threats against the business partner and his family. Charges were filed, but as we learned as of today the criminal investigation was interrupted for the moment because Booker was not to be found (absent or on the run). Says the prosecutor’s office. Booker will perhaps be innocent, but surely he is not reachable to the prosecutors. As soon as he shows up, the criminal proceedings will start again.
A Nice Guy!
Rudolf Booker seems to be a nice guy! You have to be a nice guy if you run a high-risk processor like Payvision and launder stolen funds for scammers and cybercriminals like Gal Barak or Uwe Lenhoff.
According to the criminal files provided to us, the responsible public prosecutor’s office has started an investigation. Probably also because the Austrian complainant is an internationally respected businessman. After several months, however, the investigation has now had to be interrupted. Not because the accusations were false but because, according to the authorities, the accused, Rudolf Booker, was either a fugitive or at least absent and untraceable. He did not show up for questioning by the authorities.
Since we don’t know Booker’s side of the story, we don’t know if the allegations are true. We know, however, that Booker is nowhere to be found by the investigating authorities.
No Red Notice, But Information Wanted!
As much as we know, no Red Notice was issued by Interpol up to yet. However, we want to know the whereabouts of Payvision founder and former CEO Rudolf Booker. So that the authorities can continue the investigation.
