迪安娜·玛丽·斯廷森, 50, 据称支付超过 $ 12,000 在一个未命名网站的比特币换血阴谋中, 根据美国. 佛罗里达州中区检察官办公室.
在一个在线 “订购” placed in late June, Stinson allegedly sent in the victim’s name and address and photograph along with the following, ominous note:
“Do not do at home. Any place else is fine. Need completed during July – preferably, between July 5th – 11th.”
迪安娜·玛丽·斯廷森, 50, 据称支付超过 $ 12,000 在一个未命名网站的比特币换血阴谋中, 根据美国. 佛罗里达州中区检察官办公室. (Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office)
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She was looking for a “quick hit in southern Florida,” 按顺序.
In a follow-up “订购,” 她补充说, “Bonus if completed by July 31st.” She placed five “订单” altogether, 根据法院文件.
When July 31 came, she circled back with site administrators asking them to “reassign the job to someone who has a history of getting jobs done,” 美国. Attorney’s Office said.
She wanted it “done ASAP.”
Investigators said they followed a digital trail showing Stinson had paid the site in Bitcoin, and then an undercover agent contacted her over WhatsApp posing as a hitman.
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The agent sent her a mock surveillance photo of her intended victim, and prosecutors say she “confirmed it was the same person she wanted to have killed.”
But the website was not offering real services.
In a phone call, which the undercover investigator recorded, Stinson reiterated her intent and agreed to send another $ 350 in Bitcoin that she believed would cover the cost of a revolver that would be used in the assassination, 根据文件.
The FBI served a search warrant on her home in Tampa and seized three computers and an iPhone.
On the phone, they found her Coinbase account showing Bitcoin transactions involving the website and the WhatsApp conversation with the undercover agent, as well as other evidence, 根据检察官.
The Justice Department announced charges in September.
Stinson faces a maximum of 10 年在联邦监狱. Her sentencing date has not yet been set.
The guilty plea comes days after a Michigan woman was sentenced to seven to 20 years in prison for trying to hire an assassin to kill her ex-husband through a website called “RentAHitman.com.”
