US woman who hired a hitman using bitcoin to kill her ex-husband gets five years in prison

Felkins, 38, of Fallon, Nevada, pleaded guilty in March to a charge of murder-for-hire as part of a deal with federal prosecutors that avoided trial, court records show. — Image by Racool_studio on Freepik

RENO, Nevada: A Nevada woman who admitted to hiring a hitman on the Internet for US$5,000 in bitcoin to kill her ex-husband “and make it look like an accident” was sentenced to five years in prison.

Kristy Lynn Felkins, 38, of Fallon, Nevada, pleaded guilty in March to a charge of murder-for-hire as part of a deal with federal prosecutors that avoided trial, court records show.