Woman Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Crypto-Funded Murder-for-Hire Scheme
Michelle Murphy, 58, from Bedford, Texas, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison for attempting to hire a hitman using bitcoin to kill her boyfriend’s lover. Charged in September 2023 and pleading guilty in D...
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