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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 against him, the prosecutor said.
Marenghi gave the "hitman" a photo of his wife; the color, make, and model of her car; her license plate; her schedule and place of business; her address and how to evade the security cameras; and a timetable of when would be the best time for him, officials said.
Marenghi faces up to 10 years in prison.
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