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Update · 2026-10-16

Day 3: still only reported as detained; little newly verified

16 Oct checks (Turkish and Finnish local press, available government pages, and project X accounts): no published Turkish court ruling on formal arrest, judicial control, or release; no Finnish confirmation or extradition request; no on-record Istanbul police or prosecutor statement; no statement from Richard Heart, lawyers, PulseChain, PulseX, or HEX.

He remains reported as detained (gözaltı) since 14 Oct.

Turkish agency IHA also reported that three alleged bodyguards were detained in a second Istanbul operation; that report is unofficial, names no official speaker, and its seizure figures conflict with earlier lists, so we do not treat it as settled fact.

Recirculated pre-raid social posts are not new statements from custody. Standing scam warning unchanged.

Update · 2026-10-17

Justice Minister confirms detention and seizure inventory; still no court ruling

17 Oct: Turkey's Minister of Justice Akın Gürlek posted that US citizen Richard James Schueler was caught in Istanbul and taken into custody (gözaltı).

He says the operation was under the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, run by Istanbul Police Intelligence and Financial Crimes with MİT support; Schueler and his wife were detained in Beşiktaş on 14 Oct; three people determined to be his bodyguards were also detained.

15M and ₺160,000 cash, 6 cold wallets, watches and jewellery, electronics, 4 long guns, 3 unlicensed pistols and 1,400 rounds.

He says judicial proceedings and examination of seized materials continue. Still no published formal arrest (tutuklama), judicial control, release, or extradition decision.

The minister describes the Red Notice as alleged $1B crypto-asset fraud in the US and Finland; Interpol data we can open lists Finnish aggravated tax fraud, and the US SEC civil case was dismissed in 2025.

Treat Turkey's charge wording as Turkey says, not as settled Interpol fact. No Finnish confirmation or project/lawyer statement found in this pass.

Anadolu later relayed the same text from the minister's NSosyal account.

Update · 2026-10-18

Still police detention; AA reports 9 vehicles impounded; no court ruling

18–19 Oct checks: no published Turkish court ruling on formal arrest, judicial control, or release; no Finnish confirmation or extradition request; no new Justice Ministry statement after 17 Oct.

Anadolu Agency (via Akşam and others) reports nine vehicles registered to his wife were impounded and that police processing of Schueler, his wife, and the three alleged bodyguards was still continuing.

Local press adds detail on the bodyguards that we treat as unconfirmed. Project and lawyer accounts remain silent.

Standing scam warning unchanged: ignore bail-fund, legal-fund, or seized-wallet claim links.

Update · 2026-10-20

Day 7: still detained; “released” posts are unsupported; no bail set

20 Oct checks: no new Justice Ministry statement after 17 Oct. No published court ruling, release, or extradition step. Project and lawyer accounts remain silent.

Posts claiming he has been released have no official or wire source. No court has set bail, so ignore any bail, sacrifice, or legal-fund collection.

Update · 2026-10-21

Day 8: still police detention; court-hearing posts are anonymous; no bail set

21 Oct afternoon (Manila): he is still reported in police detention. The Justice Ministry press page has no new Schueler item after 17 Oct.

No wire after 18 Oct reports a court ruling, release, or extradition step. A social post that he appeared before a judge is anonymous and unverified. No court has set bail.

A new account is promoting a Free RH token. It is not tied to Richard Heart, PulseChain, PulseX, or HEX. Ignore bail collections and that token.