American therapist hired a Darnet killer for his girlfriend

A general practitioner from the American state of Georgia pleaded guilty to organizing the failed murder of a young woman. The doctor tried to pay for the killer’s services with bitcoins through the darknet.

James Wan began careful preparations for the murder in April 2022, the US Department of Justice says. The idea was to make it appear as if the friend had died in a carjacking gone wrong. Wang found the hitman on the dark web, providing details about his girlfriend, including a Facebook account and a car description. To pay for the prohibited services, Van had to transfer $24,200 in bitcoins to the killer.

The operation did not go as smoothly as the doctor had hoped. First, the customer needed to conclude a contract with the hired killer and transfer a 50% advance payment (about $8,000 in bitcoins). Everything went wrong: the funds were sent to another address by mistake. A week later, Wang made another BTC transaction for the same amount. As the Ministry of Justice found out, he was so impatient to complete his plan that he flooded the darknet site’s forum with the same type of questions: “How soon will the work be completed? I placed an order – how quickly will it be fulfilled? Is it possible to find out at what stage of progress the work is? Is there anyone in my area? Despite the impatience of the customer, the murder never took place. Wang is now awaiting sentencing in federal court, which is scheduled for January 2024.

In 2021, the FBI identified Tennessee resident Nelson Replogle, who paid a killer BTC to kill his wife. A few months ago, a court sentenced Nevada resident Kristy Lynn Felkins, who paid for the failed murder of her ex-husband with bitcoins, to five years in prison.