A woman has been arrested in the United States for hiring a killer with bitcoin

[friends1980]

I'm not saying you copy-pasted this post, but since it sounds quite as if you did, you should add the source to your article, if not you will be banned for plagiarism.

I have added the source. Sorry you did not read it:

According to coindesk Thirty-six-year-old Kristy Lynn Felkins has been summoned to court on charges of paying 12 bitcoins ($ 5,000 at the time) for trying to hire a killer to kill his ex-wife. The case is said to be related to another case involving the recruitment of a killer. It is worth noting that this killer was not hired in the end.

Also, I did not copy the text and turned it into an article.
And this statement of yours upset me.

he means you should add the source link.
https://www.coindesk.com/nevada-woman-charged-in-bitcoin-murder-for-hire-as-a-mystery-hacker-again-turns-tipster

she ordered a hitman(s) in 2016. no wonder she paid 12 bitcoins which worth $5,000 at the time.

The essence of the problem is that your original articles are in English of high quality, but your replies are low quality posts in English of moderate quality. That's extremely suspicious.

Also, your shitposts get reported by me and deleted by the mods, yet you continue to post the exact same "yes oh my gawd you're so rite" replies to every single person who posts a reply here. If you wish to post such childish stuff, I'd suggest you start your own forum or a blog or whatever, instead of polluting this community which is doing everything every day over and over to keep spammers and shitposters like you out of here.

So quit whining about being upset and delete your posts from today voluntarily, instead of letting other people waste their time and energy reporting and deleting them, until eventually you get banned.

[FlightyPouch]

It's a shame that people consider murder to deal with personal issues. It's good that the killer wasn't hired, though. As for Bitcoin, I don't think the means of payment should be emphasized. What's bad is the killer part, not the Bitcoin part. But when Bitcoin is mentioned in such stories, the content of the story casts a shadow on BTC reputation as well. As if killers aren't hired with USD.

Bitcoin has nothing to do with this incident. Consider that she could have paid fiat to the killer too. The focus should not be on what is paid to the killer, the main point is women who did this wrong thing by hiring a killer. I don't think coin desk should emphasize on this story much as it is not related to crypto currencies.

So true, as said by @mk4, it is just a headline because bitcoin is included. I guess this also shows us how bitcoin is not actually an anonymous crypto currency since they could still track the girl. I am confused with the other information given though.

[plvbob0070]

Why would she even trust hiring a killer without really knowing who's the killer and how she can trust him that she'll get what she paid for. She should've done it herself because she'll just also end up in jail. But kidding aside, some people really think that they can run away with all their wrongdoings using bitcoin... People who think this way is just ruining the image of bitcoin, giving others a misconception about bitcoin that's why some people think bitcoin is something bad.

[bryant.coleman]

It is difficult to believe these "stories". Can anyone be so dumb to actually hire a murderer for just $5,000? I still remember the case of Ross William Ulbricht. The FBI wanted to make sure that he remains behind bars for the rest of his life and it is being alleged that they created some fake web chats showing that he hired contract killers to take down his competitors. It is very easy to create fake web chats.

[Leviathan.007]

I could not believe that really some people can kill other people for bitcoin until I visited the darkweb. If you visit darkweb (I would highly recommend you not to) there are many websites and organizations there you can give them some bitcoins to kill anyone you want in all over the word. I even saw the option where you can could ask them for a body part or ask them to make it looks like and accident. Which really crazy and unbelievable to see some people created a website for it. I think these actions are really damaging the bitcoin reputation in all over the world to see the criminals are using the bitcoins (and recently sometimes monero) as the main currency for their dirty works.

[coolcoinz]

According to coindesk  Thirty-six-year-old Kristy Lynn Felkins has been summoned to court on charges of paying 12 bitcoins ($ 5,000 at the time) for trying to hire a killer to kill his ex-wife. The case is said to be related to another case involving the recruitment of a killer. It is worth noting that this killer was not hired in the end.

A correction ex wife Kristy Lynn Felkins hired to kill her ex husband.

OP can't even quote an article without messing it up  

It is difficult to believe these "stories". Can anyone be so dumb to actually hire a murderer for just $5,000? I still remember the case of Ross William Ulbricht. The FBI wanted to make sure that he remains behind bars for the rest of his life and it is being alleged that they created some fake web chats showing that he hired contract killers to take down his competitors. It is very easy to create fake web chats.

With Ross they had a lot on him and that murder for hire was just one of the many. They usually try to get a video or a voice recording.
In her case they had transcripts of messages sent between her and a guy pretending to be a killer for hire.

What would she say? I hired a killer and he didn't do his job?

The story is really shady, I don't get to see the source, could have been a made up story. I'll buy into this story once a credible source shows up.

This one is real.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Kristy Lynn Felkins, 36, of Fallon, Nevada, was indicted today for a murder-for-hire plot, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
According to court documents, Felkins sent 12 bitcoin (valued at approximately $5,000 at the time) to a darkweb hitman website to have her ex-husband murdered. (...)The website turned out to be a scam, and Felkins was not refunded the bitcoin she sent to the site, which is no longer in operation.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/nevada-woman-indicted-hiring-hitman-darkweb-kill-her-ex-husband

[molsewid]

I could not believe that really some people can kill other people for bitcoin until I visited the darkweb. If you visit darkweb (I would highly recommend you not to) there are many websites and organizations there you can give them some bitcoins to kill anyone you want in all over the word. I even saw the option where you can could ask them for a body part or ask them to make it looks like and accident. Which really crazy and unbelievable to see some people created a website for it. I think these actions are really damaging the bitcoin reputation in all over the world to see the criminals are using the bitcoins (and recently sometimes monero) as the main currency for their dirty works.

Why can't someone like you believe that bitcoin can use as payment for killing other people? As we all know, bitcoin right now is convertible to cash, and the anonymity features more likely use in illegal transactions. So someone who can do the job and know-how to use bitcoin will take this offer. So I think it's not unbelievable for us.

This kind of news will give a wrong impression for bitcoin. Like in our country, my parent after they heard the bad news about bitcoin, they think bitcoin is used only for illegal transactions.

[Xembin]

If someone can make use bitcoin to purchase any kind of commodities in some country, i think people can also use bitcoin to hire a killer or spear people life also.
For her to make use of bitcoin to hired that killer to kill for her,  it have no effect to bitcoin than to promote bitcoin how important it is a in country.
since the killer said she make use of bitcoin to hired him,very easy to trace if actually the court want to know the truth of the matter whether she make use of bitcoin for the payment to the killer.

[yazher]

Anyway, this kind of hiring method is pretty old and they can be easily tracked now. Mostly, this kind of thing happened in the dark web because most of the underground transactions such as this are common there. Most of the time people who offer such services are just scammers and fraudsters but there is a tendency that you are talking to real criminals which were happened here in this topic. That's why of all the places on the internet you should avoid going to that place.



https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/reasons-avoid-dark-web/

[babykika2027]

Sometimes womens have really mad ideas...

[yulchatar]

Well its only just to arrest someone who violates the law, this as far as I know is attempted murder. Apparently she is using bitcoin to pay is just not making it bad for the reputation. It would have been good if coindesk also get the whole story as to why she wanted the guy dead.

Yes. Hiring a killer should be done in a chain and with familiarity.
Not directly

Unfortunately, people think that everything is like a movie

I'd say it shouldn't be done at all

There was a case years ago in the US where a woman tried this "chain" youre talking about. She contacted her friend and asked if he could help her find a killer because she wants to get rid of her husband. The guy went straight to the police and they sent an undercover officer to record her describing all the details.

Don't do it people!

I've seen this on TV. She still deny even after arrested. Seen lots of crime documentary, reasons are mostly about money, new love and kid's custody.

I would also add violence to your list as a reason to take revenge on the offender in the same way, but only more "effectively".
Perhaps her husband beat her, perhaps also threatened her with violence.
And in general, apparently, this woman did everything quickly, was emotionally unstable and didn't know much about cryptocurrency transactions, so she made so many mistakes.

[Tamim121]

I hear that Bitcoin is use most in dark web for buying illegal things. Though I'm not 100% sure about that.  But in my opinion no one can trace Bitcoin transaction, this can be a reason why they use Bitcoin. But Bitcoin is not responsible for this. People illegal use and bad thinking responsible for this.

[Shohanur]

I hear that Bitcoin is use most in dark web for buying illegal things. Though I'm not 100% sure about that.  But in my opinion no one can trace Bitcoin transaction, this can be a reason why they use Bitcoin. But Bitcoin is not responsible for this. People illegal use and bad thinking responsible for this.

How it is possible to someone to trace the transaction of bitcoin? We know that bitcoin is a decentralized coin and user can use it on sweet well. But you got the last point that bitcoin is not responsible for such kind of work.

[AakZaki]

Yes, I agree about Bitcoin, which is only a payment option, like FIAT payments, which is different, only bitcoin transactions can be anonymous. But Bitcoin's reputation will not remain good in my opinion, because in this case murder is the main problem and then BTC is only an alternative payment. It is unfortunate if bitcoin is used as payment for criminal or illegal actions.

[target]

It is difficult to believe these "stories". Can anyone be so dumb to actually hire a murderer for just $5,000? I still remember the case of Ross William Ulbricht. The FBI wanted to make sure that he remains behind bars for the rest of his life and it is being alleged that they created some fake web chats showing that he hired contract killers to take down his competitors. It is very easy to create fake web chats.

So you believe Ross didn't put a hit to those men?
The guy looks very harmless actually but later it was discovered that the wallet where he sent the fee for the hit was his old friend who also tried to scam him for this hits. There really isn't a way to know all the facts besides those FBI men.

One shouldn't trust a  hired hitman because ultimately these men are just going to extort you in the end. Lots of stories about this.

[F_Societys]

For this woman, making a contract to someone in the darkweb to hire a killer is already a sin. Look she was still hoping that it will go as plan, but look at how the scammers did to her, ask for more money. And then someone leaked the information to the authorities getting here arrested and for sure going to jail for her actions here, very stupid. As far as bitcoin, it's dark market, people only transact their using crypto what do you expect? But it doesn't mean that bitcoin is going to be used for this purposes only, it's just part of the equation.

This woman has been deceived and lost her property.
I also agree with you that a lot of crimes are being committed these days and a limited portion belongs to Bitcoin.
People are quick to point to this limited area and say bad bitcoin.
Yet they forget its goodness.

[Oceat]

Yes, I agree about Bitcoin, which is only a payment option, like FIAT payments, which is different, only bitcoin transactions can be anonymous. But Bitcoin's reputation will not remain good in my opinion, because in this case murder is the main problem and then BTC is only an alternative payment. It is unfortunate if bitcoin is used as payment for criminal or illegal actions.

It is widely known in the dark web as a way of payment for any services they offer. If you haven't know it has been used for years as a way of payment for almost everything you want in the dark web. Bitcoin is not really anonymous since everything is being recorded in the blockchain that can be viewed in a public ledger. The woman probably didn't take enough time to do her own research about how the authorities could follow the transaction.

[AmoreJaz]

For this woman, making a contract to someone in the darkweb to hire a killer is already a sin. Look she was still hoping that it will go as plan, but look at how the scammers did to her, ask for more money. And then someone leaked the information to the authorities getting here arrested and for sure going to jail for her actions here, very stupid. As far as bitcoin, it's dark market, people only transact their using crypto what do you expect? But it doesn't mean that bitcoin is going to be used for this purposes only, it's just part of the equation.

This woman has been deceived and lost her property.
I also agree with you that a lot of crimes are being committed these days and a limited portion belongs to Bitcoin.
People are quick to point to this limited area and say bad bitcoin.
Yet they forget its goodness.

because media is blowing up the situation. they always wanted to report any fraudulent activity surrounding bitcoin. but forget to highlight the importance of this creation.
 they are fast to report news like this, how btc is used in this kind of activity. and for those noncrypto users, they think that btc is really a fraud whenever they read this kind of news.
but the fact is, a lot of fraud has been happening when it comes to fiat money. youre right, bitcoin only share a small portion on this.
 a lot of ignorant people are stuck to this perspective, that btc is in the bad light because of this fraudulent/illegal activities or whatever they call it

[batang_bitcoin]

I was just watching about kinds of stuff like this on Youtube and she probably has been chatting with an agent. With the evil plan that she had, karma came to her quickly.

I hear that Bitcoin is use most in dark web for buying illegal things. Though I'm not 100% sure about that.  But in my opinion no one can trace Bitcoin transaction, this can be a reason why they use Bitcoin. But Bitcoin is not responsible for this. People illegal use and bad thinking responsible for this.

It is because it's untraceable and the girl was just traced through chat logs and on that log, there's the address indicated which led the investigators to an account on localbitcoins which had detected her.

[F_Societys]

I'm not saying you copy-pasted this post, but since it sounds quite as if you did, you should add the source to your article, if not you will be banned for plagiarism.

I have added the source. Sorry you did not read it:

According to coindesk Thirty-six-year-old Kristy Lynn Felkins has been summoned to court on charges of paying 12 bitcoins ($ 5,000 at the time) for trying to hire a killer to kill his ex-wife. The case is said to be related to another case involving the recruitment of a killer. It is worth noting that this killer was not hired in the end.

Also, I did not copy the text and turned it into an article.
And this statement of yours upset me.

he means you should add the source link.
https://www.coindesk.com/nevada-woman-charged-in-bitcoin-murder-for-hire-as-a-mystery-hacker-again-turns-tipster

she ordered a hitman(s) in 2016. no wonder she paid 12 bitcoins which worth $5,000 at the time.

The essence of the problem is that your original articles are in English of high quality, but your replies are low quality posts in English of moderate quality. That's extremely suspicious.

Also, your shitposts get reported by me and deleted by the mods, yet you continue to post the exact same "yes oh my gawd you're so rite" replies to every single person who posts a reply here. If you wish to post such childish stuff, I'd suggest you start your own forum or a blog or whatever, instead of polluting this community which is doing everything every day over and over to keep spammers and shitposters like you out of here.

So quit whining about being upset and delete your posts from today voluntarily, instead of letting other people waste their time and energy reporting and deleting them, until eventually you get banned.

I will do this soon. Also, during the conversation I had with the director of the association, it was decided that my previous articles, which are not of good quality, would be removed and new, high-quality articles would be replaced.
I also have to say about responding to others that I do as you say and spend more on analytical answers.

Why would she even trust hiring a killer without really knowing who's the killer and how she can trust him that she'll get what she paid for. She should've done it herself because she'll just also end up in jail. But kidding aside, some people really think that they can run away with all their wrongdoings using bitcoin... People who think this way is just ruining the image of bitcoin, giving others a misconception about bitcoin that's why some people think bitcoin is something bad.

By doing this, not only will the face of Bitcoin not be tarnished, but it will also make people who have never heard of Bitcoin known to it.
This is what makes Bitcoin so popular.
At the same time, it should be borne in mind that the ultimate goals of this news are in the hands of the people and they must maintain their awareness.

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