MemoryDealers aka Roger Ver Arrested!

[JollyGood]

Very well spotted. Maybe Ver is not allowed to leave Mallorca but if he were allowed to leave he can theoretically drive to other countries but not via a checkpoint because passports will be checked.

There are 29 countries within the Schengen Area and the way the system is supposed to work is that when someone enters the Schengen Area they are logged in the immigration system and after that can move around seamlessly within the boundaries of the member states. How it works in practical terms is unknown because if all citizens on bail in any one country could travel to another part of the Schengen Area to escape going to Court, it would be problematic. Maybe the EU think tanks covered that scenario.

Having said that, there are still checkpoints and country entry/exit points where passports do get checked because not all people that travel will be EU residents therefore will have passports checked.

Stupid American Question: I know in the Schengen zone you can drive from country to country without stopping at borders. Yes, technically he is on an island at the moment, but if say Ver was in Madrid what would stop him from hopping in a car and driving to France? Is there any kind of monitoring that is done?

Kind of like here in the US, unless they make you wear an ankle monitor you can in theory hop in a car and go anywhere in the US. It's not legal and if you are caught there are penalties but there is nothing stopping you.

[dkbit98]

Interesting that he wasn't extradited. I don't understand how the US can hold a tax trial in Spain.

His lawyers were communicating with authorities before, so there was no reason to arrest him like that, but they probably wanted to affect everyone else with news of his arrest.

Stupid American Question: I know in the Schengen zone you can drive from country to country without stopping at borders. Yes, technically he is on an island at the moment, but if say Ver was in Madrid what would stop him from hopping in a car and driving to France? Is there any kind of monitoring that is done?

He has to report to court every few days, and they have his passport.
In theory he could travel to most EU countries without problem, but he could not leave EU unless he has another passport.
To much risk doing this, and than they would have the reason to put him in prison for a very long time.
I think he is going to pay extortion money in the end.