According to PANews, Hex and PulseChain founder Richard Schueler (also known as Richard Heard or Richard Heart) is under criminal investigation in Finland for aggravated tax evasion and assault. Finnish police suspect him of aggravated tax evasion and assault.

Richard Schueler was detained in absentia on September 13, and authorities are currently unclear about his whereabouts. Last summer, the SEC accused him of illegally raising more than $1 billion through three unregistered cryptocurrency offerings and defrauding investors of $12.1 million.