Schumacher’s former bodyguard Markus Fritsche, 53, was also on trial in Germany after hard drives containing confidential pictures, videos and medical records were stolen from a computer.
Racing star’s former bodyguard passed sensitive data to Yilmaz Tozturkan and his son, German court heard.
Tozturkan told the Schumacher family he would “upload them on to the dark web” unless money was paid, the court heard.
During the trial, the family expressed concerns that one hard drive containing sensitive material had not been recovered despite repeated searches of the defendants’ properties.
Yilmaz Tozturkan, 53, was sentenced to three years in prison, while his son, Daniel Lins, 30, an IT expert, was given a six-month suspended sentence.
