Doctor Pleads Guilty to Bitcoin-Paid Darknet Murder Plot Against Girlfriend
A Georgia medical doctor admitted to using Bitcoin to pay someone $16,000 on the dark web in an attempt to kill his girlfriend, according to the US Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia. On October 17, Dr. Jame...
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On October 17, Dr. James Wan, 54, pleaded guilty in Atlanta federal court to one count of using a facility of interstate commerce in the commission of murder-for-hire, the US Attorney's Office announced in a news release....
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