8 years in prison for a doctor who pays $ 60,000 in BTC at Dark-Web-Hitmen

8 years in prison for a doctor who pays $ 60,000 in BTC at Dark-Web-Hitmen

The high-ranking US district judge William Fremming Nielsen sentenced the 56-year-old American Ronald Craig Ilg to eight years in prison.

The latter hired Killer on the Dark Web to kidnap his wife and beat his former colleague, and paid them Bitcoin worth over 60,000 dollars.

Maximum penalty for the doctor

The US Justice Ministry (DOJ) announced that Ronald ILG will be intended in the federal prison for three years. He will also pay $ 25,000 compensation and a fine of $ 100,000.

The former neonatologist from Spokane, Washington, rented killer in 2021, which should injure a former professional colleague from him. ILG in particular asked the criminals to break the victim's hands and paid Bitcoin worth more than $ 2,000 for the misata.

The next victim was his alienated woman. ILG instructed the culprits to kidnap them and inject their heroin so that they could stop the divorce procedure. He paid them Bitcoin worth around $ 60,000 and promised a bonus after completing the mission.

The FBI has intercepted ILGS messages on the Dark Web and initiated an examination. At first the doctor incorrectly claimed that he paid the killers to kill him and not injure other people.

later he sent a letter to an important witness from the case and asked her to marry him so that he could check her statement in court. The American even promised her children to pay school fees for visiting St. Aloysius Catholic School and the Gonzaga Preparatory School.

Richter Nielsen, who imposed the maximum sentence, described Ilg's crime as "really outrageous and even evil". He further explained:

"The life goal of a doctor is to protect people, to keep people alive-and not openly do the opposite."

Vanessa Waldref-US prosecutor for the Eastern District of Washington-said how violent people could take advantage of cyberspace and cryptocurrencies in order to finance their cruel intentions.

The deputy US prosecutor Richard Barker added that ILG tried to benefit from his crimes by selling history to the media. He congratulated the victims on their "incredible courage" and brought more light into the doctor's plans:

"Even before Mr. Ilg sent his frightening messages through the Darknet and paid more than $ 60,000 to several alleged killers, Mr. ILG tried to manipulate and keep his victims-by sending them troubled text messages, giving them to their cars and much more. even to expose domestic violence. ”

Jessica Sledges Fall

The American authorities have condemned some experiences with such cases as last summer preserver-spaces = "true"> jessica sledge-resident in pelahachie, mississippi-at ten years Jail.

She paid $ 10,000 in Bitcoin to a killer from the Dark Web who had to kill her husband, but the FBI discovered the conspiracy. Apart from the prison period, she paid a fine of $ 1,000, and the law enforcement authorities will monitor their actions three years after their release.

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