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A\u00a0Nevada\u00a0<\/strong>woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to hire a hitman using\u00a0Bitcoin (BTC)<\/strong>\u00a0to kill her ex-husband.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kristy Lynn Felkins<\/strong>, the 38-year-old resident of\u00a0Fallon<\/strong>,\u00a0Nevada<\/strong>, pleaded guilty in March to a murder-for-hire charge as part of a deal with federal prosecutors, according to a\u00a0press release by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).<\/p>\n

As per the court filings, Felkins struck the plea deal to avoid going to trial.<\/p>\n

Following the sentencing, a US District Court judge in California ruled that once Felkins completes her prison term, she would be released under supervision for three years.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Felkins transferred 12 Bitcoin, then valued at $5,000, to the operator of a website on the Tor network called\u00a0Besa Mafia<\/strong>, which claimed to offer murder-for-hire services. Today, the Bitcoin she sent would be valued at nearly $360,000.<\/p>\n

Court documents revealed that for four months in 2016, Felkins engaged in ongoing conversations with the administrator of the Besa Mafia website.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She provided detailed information about her ex-husband’s whereabouts, including his home address, vehicle, and work schedule.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She wanted him eliminated while he was in Chico, California, according to a criminal complaint filed in 2020.<\/p>\n

Authorities later revealed that the Besa Mafia website was simply a scam designed to defraud unsuspecting customers.<\/p>\n

In a statement acknowledging her guilt, Felkins admitted to offering an additional $4,000 to expedite the murder plot’s timeline in March 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She also stated that she “did not care” if her ex-husband’s new girlfriend was harmed as a result of the murder.<\/p>\n

Felkins reportedly requested the supposed hitman to make the assassination appear as an accident.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to her statement, she asked the supposed hitman if it were possible to stage the murder to resemble a mugging gone wrong.<\/p>\n

Felkins had told the Besa Mafia administrator that she stood to gain financially from her ex-husband’s death.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stand to get his retirement, our house and possibly a large life insurance payout,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Felkins, who has been out of custody, was ordered to surrender in September to begin serving her prison sentence.<\/p>\n

This incident bears resemblance to a similar sting operation that led to the arrest and imprisonment of a Mississippi woman last year.<\/p>\n

In that case, the woman paid $10,000 in Bitcoin to what she believed was a hitman but turned out to be an undercover federal law enforcement agent.<\/p>\n

At the time, the woman 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 a DOJ\u00a0filing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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