BITTER EX-BOYFRIEND USED $13,000 OF BITCOIN TO TRY AND HIRE HITMAN
A California man allegedly blew $13,000 in cryptocurrency to hire a hitman to kill his ex-girlfriend after she dumped him.
Scott Quinn Berkett, 24, of Beverley Hills was arrested on May 21 and is facing a murder-for-hire charge, after wiring bitcoin to the ‘contract killer’ – who turned out to be an undercover FBI agent.
She tried to end their short romance after the trip, but Berkett continued to contact the young woman.
The bitter Burkett then reportedly began to search for murder-for-hire services on the dark web – which turned out to be an FBI sting.
“I’d like it to look like an accident, but robbery gone wrong may work better. So long as she is dead,” he allegedly wrote to the group. “I’d also like for her phone to be retrieved and destroyed irreparably in the process.”
He supposedly sent over bitcoin payments amounting to $13,000 of the untraceable cryptocurrency over a one-month period.
