 After having fled to Saint Petersburg, he had to stand trial in Russia for alleged fraudulent transactions with the cashing of due bills and granting of credits in 1876.He was deported and returned to Berlin, dividing his time between London and at the manor of his son-in-law in Bromberg, whilst attempting his social rehabilitation with various projects and writing his memoirs.Strousberg died of a heart attack in Berlin, in hard economic circumstances.