A resident of Nevada tried to pay for Killer's services with bitcoins – Bits Media

A resident of the American state of Nevada was sentenced to five years in prison for trying to organize the murder of his ex -husband. The woman paid Killer in the Darknet with bitcoins.

According to the US Department of Justice, Last year, 38-year-old Christie Lynn Felkins (Kristy Lynn Felkins) I pleaded her guilt. Felkins threatened the maximum punishment in the form 10 years in prison for that, what in 2016 She sent a year 12 BTC ($5 000) Offering the services of a killer to the site administrator called Besa Mafia in the anonymous network Tor.

From February to May 2016 years Felkins exchanged messages with him, Discussing the payment and organization of the murder. The defendant provided detailed information about the place of residence of her ex -spouse, his car and time, when he usually went to work. Felkins wanted, To the murder of her ex -husband look like an accident.

After sending the payment, the site administrator informed the woman, that her husband will disappear within a week. However, the Besa Mafia website turned out to be fake, And the woman simply did not return her bitcoins, which today would cost about $360 000. Murder, respectively, Also did not happen.

Former husband Felkins, Gabriel Scott (Gabriel Scott), He expressed great surprise, When I learned about the failed conspiracy. According to him, His ex -wife was a wonderful mother, And he did not expect such an act from her. In turn, Felkins said, that I am grateful to that person from Besa Mafia, who has not fulfilled the terms of their agreement.

"I'm very happy, that Gabe was not injured. I thank God every day for, that man, with whom I talked, turned out to be a fraudster ", - said the defendant.

IN 2021 year of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) I managed to calculate the criminal, who also paid Killer with bitcoins for the murder of his wife, which never took place.