US man who tried to have his child-porn victim killed is headed to prison

Musbach pleaded guilty in February to using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder-for-hire plot. — Image by wirestock on Freepik

CAMDEN, New Jersey: A New Jersey man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison after exchanging sexually explicit videos and images with a 13-year-old New York girl and later paying US$20,000 (RM93,430) in bitcoin to have her killed, eventually calling it off.

John Michael Musbach, 34, of Haddonfield, received his 78-month prison term Tuesday during a court hearing in Camden, according to federal prosecutors. He will also have to serve three years of supervised release after prison.