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Husband Orchestrated Murder Of Renowned NY Art Dealer Brent Sikkema, DOJ Says
The estranged husband of acclaimed New York City art dealer Brent Sikkema orchestrated his killing, prosecutors alleged. Daniel Sikkema, 54, was indicted on murder-for-hire and related charges in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, Feb. 11, in the death of Brent Sikkema. The art dealer and co-founder of Manhattan-based Sikkema Jenkins & Co, 75, was found stabbed to death inside his Rio de Janeiro townhouse in January 2024, according to the US Attorney’s Office. An investigation found that the couple was in the midst of contentious divorce proceedings when Daniel Sikkema hired a hit man…
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FBI Thwarts Iran-Linked Plan To Assassinate Donald Trump, DOJ Says
An Iranian operative and two associates living in America have been charged in a murder-for-hire plot targeting United States citizens, including President-elect Donald Trump. Federal authorities have charged Farhad Shakeri, an alleged operative of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), along with two New York City associates in a plot to assassinate a US citizen critical of the Iranian government. The case highlights the continued threat posed by Iran’s attempts to silence dissidents and even target top US. officials. According to the Department of Justice criminal complai…
Police & Fire
Mohammed Chowdhury Headed To Prison In Attempted Murder Plot
A 47-year-old Boston man who attempted multiple times to hire a hitman to kill his ex-wife and her new boyfriend will spend nearly eight years behind bars, federal authorities announced. Mohammed Chowdhury, who pleaded guilty in January to two counts of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, was sentenced last week to 92 months in federal prison, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. “Mr. Chowdhury literally thought he could get away with murder,” said Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy. “Mr. Chowdhury’s disturbing conduct – in co…
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Mohammed Chowdhury Admits Wanting Wife, Boyfriend Killed
A 47-year-old Boston man pleaded guilty on Thursday, Jan. 25, for violating his wife’s restraining order after offering an informant posing as a hitman $4,000 each to kill her and her boyfriend, officials said. Mohammed Chowdhury admitted to two counts of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, according to the US Attorney for Massachusetts. Chowdhury asked someone to help him find a hitman to murder his wife, but that person took his money and never followed through with the killing. Related: Murder For Hire: Malden Man Admits To Trying To Get Fed…
Police & Fire
Murder For Hire: Malden Man Admits To Trying To Get Federal Agent To Kill His Wife
A 56-year-old Malden man pleaded guilty on Thursday, March 16, to offering to pay a contract killer to murder his wife, federal authorities said. Massimo Marenghi admitted to one count of murder-for-hire and will be sentenced on June 8, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Marenghi was accused of asking someone he knew to help him hire a hitman. That person contacted the police, who set him up with an undercover agent posing as an assassin, authorities said. Marenghi gave them a $1,500 deposit to kill his wife. He was angry she had taken a restraining order a…
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Hitman For Hire: Boston Man Wanted Wife, Boyfriend Beaten To Death, Feds Say
A jealous husband angry that his wife left him for another man attempted to hire a hitman to have the mother of his children and her new boyfriend beaten to death, federal authorities said. Unfortunately, the "hitman" he hired was an undercover agent who arrested the 46-year-old Boston man earlier this week. Mohammed Chowdhury was charged with murder-for-hire on Tuesday, Jan 17, and was ordered held until his next court hearing later this week, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Agents said Chowdhury reached out to someone in November to arraign to have the pair killed…
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