Mississippi woman gets 10 years in prison after paying for murder with Bitcoin

[Mississippi Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison After Using Bitcoin to Pay for Murder] Jinse Finance reported that the U.S. Department of Justice sentenced Jessica Sledge, a 40-year-old resident of Perahatchee, Mississippi, to the statutory maximum sentence for 10 years. In 2021, the woman hired a "hitman" and paid him $10,000 worth of Bitcoin to murder her husband. Additionally, authorities jailed Orange County citizens Jeremy McAlpine and Zachary Matar for luring more than 2,000 investors into a fraudulent crypto scheme. The former will spend 36 months in prison, while the latter 30 months. (cryptopotato)

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Mississippi Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison After Using Bitcoin to Pay for Murder 10 years. In 2021, the woman hired a "hitman" and paid him $10,000 worth of Bitcoin to murder her husband. Additionally, authorities jailed Orange County citizens Jeremy McAlpine and Zachary Matar for luring more than 2,000 investors into a fraudulent crypto scheme. The former will spend 36 months in prison, while the latter 30 months. (cryptopotato) [2022/8/3 2:56:13]