A Florida woman has admitted to trying to hire a hitman with Bitcoin in order to kill her ex's new spouse.
50-year-old DeAnna Marie Stinson of Tampa, Florida has pleaded guilty to murder-for-hire and is facing up to 10 years in federal prison.
Stinson had attempted to use a "dark web" site that advertised to provide murder-for-hire services to its customers back in June of 2021. According to the report, the day after she set up an account on the site, Stinson submitted an “order” to request that her ex’s new spouse be killed.
“In the order, Stinson provided the victim’s name, address, and a photograph of the victim,” a press release states. “Between June and July 2021, Stinson sent four additional orders and more than $12,000 in Bitcoin to effectuate the hit.”
Then in July, Stinson requested that the administrators “reassign the job to someone who has a history of getting jobs done” because she wanted it "done ASAP.”
That's when a federal agent was contacted and began posing as a hitman for the site.
The press release states, “In a recorded phone call, Stinson confirmed that she wanted the victim killed and agreed to send additional money to the undercover agent via Bitcoin so that the transaction could not be traced. On September 13, 2021, Stinson sent $350 in Bitcoin to the undercover agent so that the agent could purchase a revolver to commit the murder.”
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