The world’s largest international police organization, Interpol, has issued a “Red Notice” targeting Richard James Schueler, better known among Bitcoin and altcoin investors as the founder of Hex and PulseChain, aka Richard Heart. This notice is an official notification from Interpol to member countries regarding a valid national arrest warrant for a person. If the wanted person is caught in another country, extradition proceedings are usually initiated.
Interpol has issued a "Red Notice" for Hex founder Richard Schueler, known as Richard Heart, on charges of tax evasion and assault. This notice is a global request for law enforcement to locate and temporarily detain a person. Finnish authorities have requested Schueler's arrest. However, the Red Notice is not an international arrest warrant. Schueler is also one of Europe's most wanted fugitives, and the charges are explained in more detail here . Schueler allegedly dragged a 16-year-old victim by her hair into a stairwell and threw her to the ground.
Heart is accused of tax evasion between June 2, 2020 and April 2, 2024. According to Finnish public broadcaster Yle, the Red Notice was issued just three months after an arrest warrant was issued on September 13. On September 18, Helsinki police detective Harri Saaristola stated that Heart’s income reporting was out of line with the tax office’s estimates.
Schueler has yet to make a public statement about the Red Notice, but has remained active on social media and has made indirect comments on the matter. In a Dec. 21 post, he wrote:
"If the haters really wanted to bring me down, they could raise more than the $27 million I've made for medical research. Nothing pisses off haters more than success. Every time they think of you, it reminds them that they didn't even do half of what they could have done."
Meanwhile, Schueler has filed a lawsuit against the United States over the alleged unregistered launch of three crypto tokens, Hex, PulseChain (PLS), and PulseX (PSLX). On August 22, Heart filed a motion to dismiss the $1 billion lawsuit, but the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) denied the request, stating that it had full jurisdiction to file the lawsuit. The SEC alleged that Heart raised more than $1 billion through the “unregistered offer and sale of crypto asset securities.” According to the complaint, Heart presented these tokens as “a promising avenue for investors to make huge fortunes.”