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Murder for hire

Murder-For-Hire: Man Admits Paying $16K Bitcoin To Have Residents In Region Killed Murder-For-Hire: Man Admits Paying $16K Bitcoin To Have Residents In Region Killed
Murder-For-Hire: Man Admits Paying $16K Bitcoin To Have Residents In Region Killed A Utah man has admitted to paying thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin to arrange for the murders of two New York residents. Christopher Pence, age 43, of Cedar City, Utah appeared in Albany federal court on Wednesday, Dec. 6, and pleaded guilty to using the internet to solicit and pay for murder. According to prosecutors, Pence admitted to contacting the administrator of a website dedicated to arranging contract killings in 2021. He confessed to paying them $16,000 worth of Bitcoin to facilitate the murder of two Hoosick Falls residents in Rensselaer County. Pence gave the administrato…
Former Podiatrist, Sister From Region Charged In Alleged New Plot To Kill Wife Former Podiatrist, Sister From Region Charged In Alleged New Plot To Kill Wife
Former Podiatrist, Sister From Region Charged In Alleged New Plot To Kill Wife A podiatrist from the Hudson Valley has been accused of trying to get his wife killed for a second time, this time with the alleged aid of his sister. Rockland County resident Ira Bernstein, age 49, of Montebello, and Northern Westchester resident Jaclyn Goldberg, age 40, of Bedford, have been indicted by a grand jury following an investigation conducted by the Town of Ramapo Police Department with the assistance of the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office. From July 29, 2022 through September 21, 2022, Ira Bernstein is alleged to have solicited the murder of his wife S…
NY Man Plotted To Assassinate Journalist For Criticizing Iranian Government, Feds Say NY Man Plotted To Assassinate Journalist For Criticizing Iranian Government, Feds Say
NY Man Plotted To Assassinate Journalist For Criticizing Iranian Government, Feds Say A New York man is among three people implicated in an alleged plot to assassinate an Iranian-American journalist on US soil over her criticism of the Iranian government, authorities said. Westchester County resident Khalid Mehdiyev, age 24, of Yonkers, is named in a superseding indictment that was unsealed in the Southern District of New York on Friday, Jan. 27, against three people for murder-for-hire and money-laundering charges. Federal prosecutors allege that Mehdiyev is a member of a violent Eastern European criminal organization that has ties to Iran and has engaged in murders, kidna…
'Can We Party Today?' Hudson Valley Man Convicted In Father's Murder-For-Hire At McDonald's 'Can We Party Today?' Hudson Valley Man Convicted In Father's Murder-For-Hire At McDonald's
'Can We Party Today?' Hudson Valley Man Convicted In Father's Murder-For-Hire At McDonald's A Westchester County man has been found guilty in the murder-for-hire killing of his own father, who was shot to death while sitting in a McDonald’s drive-thru. Anthony Zottola, age 44, of Larchmont, was convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn Wednesday, Oct. 19, of murder-for-hire conspiracy in the October 2018 killing of 71-year-old Sylvester Zottola in the Bronx. The man who Zottola hired to pull the trigger, 36-year-old Himen Ross, of the Bronx, was also convicted Wednesday following the pair’s six-week trial, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District. Zottola and …
NY Man Accused Of Murdering Woman In Life Insurance Scheme NY Man Accused Of Murdering Woman In Life Insurance Scheme
NY Man Accused Of Murdering Woman In Life Insurance Scheme A New York man has been charged with an elaborate murder-for-hire scheme taken straight out of a movie script where he killed and dismantled the body of a 26-year-old woman for life insurance benefits, federal officials announced. Queens resident Cory Martin, age 34, was charged in Brooklyn federal court with murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire for his role in the death of 26-year-old Brandy Odom. Previously, Martin was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and fraudulent use of identification relating to an alleged scheme to fraudulen…
Ex-NYPD Officer Sentenced For Plot To Kill Estranged Husband, Boyfriend's Daughter Ex-NYPD Officer Sentenced For Plot To Kill Estranged Husband, Boyfriend's Daughter
Ex-nypd Officer Sentenced For Plot To Kill Estranged Husband, Boyfriend's Daughter A former NYPD officer will spend time behind bars for obstructing a grand jury investigation into an alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill her estranged husband and a teenage girl. Long Island resident Valerie Cincinelli, age 36, from Oceanside, was sentenced to 48 months in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to an obstruction of justice charge. Prosecutors said that Cincinelli paid her former boyfriend, John DiRubba $7,000 to hire a hitman to kill her estranged husband, Isaiah Carvalho, amid a contentious divorce and custody battle over their son. As part of the plot, Cincinel…