Woman Behind Bitcoin Murder for Hire Plot Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced the sentencing of Jessica Leeann Sledge of Pelahatchie, Mississippi, to ten years in prison on Monday for allegedly attempting to hire an assassin through a darkweb website using Bitcoin. Sledge was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 120 months in prison for “using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder-for-hire,” according to United States Attorney Darren J. LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby of the F ...

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