{"id":33884,"date":"2024-12-22T17:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=33884"},"modified":"2024-12-22T15:21:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T12:21:26","slug":"interpol-issues-red-notice-for-hex-founder-richard-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/interpol-issues-red-notice-for-hex-founder-richard-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Interpol Issues Red Notice for Hex Founder Richard Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interpol has issued a <strong>Red Notice<\/strong> for <strong>Richard Heart<\/strong>, the founder of <strong>Hex<\/strong>, under his legal name <strong>Richard Schueler<\/strong>, on allegations of <strong>tax evasion<\/strong> and <strong>assault<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/interpol-issues-red-notice-for-hex-founder-richard-heart\/#Allegations_Against_Richard_Heart\" title=\"Allegations Against Richard Heart\">Allegations Against Richard Heart<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/interpol-issues-red-notice-for-hex-founder-richard-heart\/#Heart_Remains_Active_on_Social_Media\" title=\"Heart Remains Active on Social Media\">Heart Remains Active on Social Media<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/interpol-issues-red-notice-for-hex-founder-richard-heart\/#Ongoing_SEC_Lawsuit\" title=\"Ongoing SEC Lawsuit\">Ongoing SEC Lawsuit<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Allegations_Against_Richard_Heart\"><\/span>Allegations Against Richard Heart<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Red Notice<\/strong>, issued at the request of <strong>Finnish authorities<\/strong>, alleges that Heart is guilty of <strong>tax fraud<\/strong> between <strong>June 2, 2020<\/strong>, and <strong>April 2, 2024<\/strong>. It also accuses him of assaulting a <strong>16-year-old victim<\/strong>, reportedly dragging the victim by their hair and knocking them down in a stairwell.<\/p>\n<p>Though a <strong>Red Notice<\/strong> is not an international arrest warrant, it acts as a request for law enforcement agencies worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest the individual. The allegations were first detailed in a <strong>remand order<\/strong> issued three months ago, on <strong>September 13, 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2024-12\/0193eca2-7e19-7589-934b-3d13906c2308\" alt=\"interpol\" width=\"1680\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Heart_Remains_Active_on_Social_Media\"><\/span>Heart Remains Active on Social Media<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Despite the charges, Richard Heart has continued to remain active on <strong>social media platforms<\/strong>. In a recent <strong>X (formerly Twitter)<\/strong> post on <strong>December 21<\/strong>, he indirectly addressed the situation, saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If the haters really wanted to get me down, they could raise more than the $27M I did for medical research.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Heart further stated, <em>&#8220;Nothing makes haters angrier than success. Every time they think of you, it reminds them how they\u2019re not doing half what they could.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ongoing_SEC_Lawsuit\"><\/span>Ongoing SEC Lawsuit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Heart is also entangled in a <strong>lawsuit with the SEC<\/strong> over the alleged unregistered offerings of <strong>Hex<\/strong>, <strong>PulseChain (PLS)<\/strong>, and <strong>PulseX (PSLX)<\/strong>. The SEC claims he raised over <strong>$1 billion<\/strong> through these token sales, touting them as &#8220;a pathway to grandiose wealth for investors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>August 2024<\/strong>, Heart requested the dismissal of the <strong>$1 billion lawsuit<\/strong>, but the SEC argued that it holds full authority to pursue the case.<\/p>\n<p>As of this publication, Richard Heart has not publicly commented on the <strong>Red Notice<\/strong> or the ongoing legal challenges.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>You can also freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. Additionally, don\u2019t forget to follow us on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/coinengineernews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Telegram,\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CoinEngineer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coinengineers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0channels for the latest\u00a0<a title=\"News\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\">news<\/a>\u00a0and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interpol has issued a Red Notice for Richard Heart, the founder of Hex, under his legal name Richard Schueler, on allegations of tax evasion and assault. Allegations Against Richard Heart The Red Notice, issued at the request of Finnish authorities, alleges that Heart is guilty of tax fraud between June 2, 2020, and April 2,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":33885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,657,2],"tags":[10345,10347,6027,4672,10349,4165,2937,10346,10342,10348,2935,2936,10343,8096,39,10344],"class_list":["post-33884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-news","category-en","category-news","tag-assault","tag-court-case","tag-crypto-crimes","tag-crypto-regulations","tag-europes-most-wanted","tag-finland","tag-hex","tag-international-search","tag-interpol","tag-interpol-notice","tag-pulsechain","tag-pulsex","tag-red-notice","tag-richard-heart","tag-sec","tag-tax-fraud"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Interpol Issues Red Notice for Hex Founder Richard Heart - Coin Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/interpol-issues-red-notice-for-hex-founder-richard-heart\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Interpol Issues Red Notice for Hex Founder Richard Heart - Coin Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Interpol has issued a Red Notice for Richard Heart, the founder of Hex, under his legal name Richard Schueler, on allegations of tax evasion and assault. 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