Nevada Woman Sentenced to 5 Years for Trying to Hire Hitman with Bitcoin
A Nevada woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to hire a hitman using Bitcoin (BTC) to kill her ex-husband. Kristy Lynn Felkins, the 38-year-old resident of Fallon, Nevada, pleaded guilty in Mar...
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Kristy Lynn Felkins, the 38-year-old resident of Fallon, Nevada, pleaded guilty in March to a murder-for-hire charge as part of a deal with federal prosecutors, according to a press release by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
As per the court filings, Felkins struck the plea deal to avoid going to trial....
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