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A woman in Mississippi has been sentenced to ten years in prison after she reportedly paid as much as $10K in bitcoin to a hitman she wanted to hire to kill her ex-husband. 40-year-old Jessica Leeann Sledge pled guilty to the crime last February. Jessica Sledge Heads to Jail Court documentation suggests she intended to hire the assassin between September 21 and November 1 of last year, and that she had used interstate commerce to engage in the transaction. Upon her...

A Nevada woman has entered a guilty plea after being accused of trying to pay a hitman through the dark web with cryptocurrency to murder her ex-husband. Kristy Felkins entered the plea last Thursday and now faces up to ten years in prison. Kristy Felkins Tried to Use Crypto in Murder Scheme Felkins stands accused of coordinating with a criminal organization through the dark web. In exchange for the death of her ex, she was willing to pay the person doing the deed in...