Overview

• Christian Brueckner was released from a German prison on September 17 and is subject to a five-year electronic ankle tag, probation oversight and restrictions that include pre‑approved changes of residence, according to officials.
• The Metropolitan Police say he remains a suspect in their investigation and that he refused a formally requested interview submitted via an International Letter of Request.
• Within days of his release, outlets reported he was seen at a nightclub, photographed at a McDonald’s and spotted wearing a false beard while asking a pizza shop for food.
• A phone shop manager says Brueckner boasted he had information to “solve the scandal of the century,” referenced USB sticks, showed off his ankle tag and tried to buy a phone and SIM, which in Germany require ID registration.
• Separate legal matters are pending, including a scheduled October 27 hearing in Oldenburg over an alleged insult of a prison employee and an appeal linked to earlier acquittals on unrelated charges.