Doctor planned to have his girlfriend killed by hiring hitman over dark web, US feds say

In an interview with FBI agents, Wan told them he put a hit on his girlfriend and that he continually checked the status of his dark web order, prosecutors said. — Image by Freepik

A Georgia doctor hired a hitman over the dark web and sent thousands of dollars in Bitcoin to have his girlfriend shot to death, federal prosecutors said.

In a murder-for-hire order Dr James Wan, 54, placed in April 2022 through a “dark web marketplace” with instructions to kill his girlfriend, the Duluth man wrote the hitman can take her “wallet phone and car”, according to prosecutors.