Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Ashour Ayman S
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/04/2010		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SCM MICROSYSTEMS INC [SCMM]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1900 CARNEGIE AVENUE, BUILDING B		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SANTA ANA, CA 92705		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 312,000 (1)
D
 
Common Stock 2,243,653 (2)
I
See notes below (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Common Stock Option (right to buy)   (4) 01/04/2017 Common Stock 10,000 $ 2.26 D  
Common Stock Option (right to buy)   (5) 06/30/2014 Common Stock 2,035,690 $ 1.87 (6) I See notes below (7)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Ashour Ayman S
1900 CARNEGIE AVENUE
BUILDING B
SANTA ANA, CA 92705		   X   X    

Signatures

/s/ Martin Wimmer for Ayman S. Ashour 01/14/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes 208,000 shares which were acquired in connection with the business combination between SCM and Bluehill ID AG, a stock corporation incorporated in Switzerland ("Bluehill ID") in which SCM made an offer (the "Offer") to the Bluehill ID shareholders to acquire all of the issued and outstanding bearer shares in Bluehill ID (the "Business Combination"). Each bearer share in Bluehill ID tendered by the Reporting Person in the Offer was exchanged for 0.52 shares of SCM Common Stock (the "Exchange Ratio"). The Business Combination closed on January 4, 2010.
(2) These securities were acquired in connection with the Business Combination which closed on January 4, 2010.
(3) These securities were acquired in connection with the business combination by BH Capital Management AG, a company controlled and owned by Ayman S. Ashour and Mountain Partners AG, in connection with the Business Combination which closed on January 4, 2010.
(4) Option granted on January 4, 2010. The option vests at a rate of 1/12 per month such that the option will be fully vested one year from the grant date.
(5) The option is fully vested and immediately exercisable.
(6) Converted into U.S. dollars based upon the prevailing exchange rate of 1.0283 Swiss francs per U.S. dollar as of January 6, 2010.
(7) Bluehill ID granted an option to purchase 3,914,790 bearer shares in Bluehill ID with an exercise price of 1.00 Swiss francs pursuant to that certain call option agreement dated September 8, 2009, to BH Capital Management AG, a company controlled and owned by Ayman S. Ashour and Mountain Partners AG. Upon the closing of the Offer, the option ceased to represent a right to acquire bearer shares in Bluehill ID and instead represented a right to acquire 2,035,690 shares in SCM common stock with an exercise price of $1.87 as a result of applying the Exchange Ratio.
 
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