John Michael Musbach sought out a hitman online to murder a 14\u002Dyear\u002Dold who would testify against him in a child pornography case
Prosecutors say Musbach traded sexually explicit photographs with the victim, a 13-year-old living in New York, in the summer of 2015. The victim’s parents discovered the inappropriate communication and contacted local police.
“Musbach asked if a 14-year-old was too young to target, and upon hearing that the age was not a problem, paid approximately 40 bitcoin for the hit,” the release states. Musbach was asked for an additional $5,000 to carry out the hit, but he refused and asked for a refund. “Agents were able to confirm Musbach’s identity through several means, including linking him to the same screen name he used to communicate with the murder-for-hire website and also by tracing the flow of monies from Musbach’s bank account to the purchase of Bitcoin used to pay for the hit,” the department has said.
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