Doctor paid thousands on dark web to kill girlfriend, US feds say. He’s going to prison

On April 18, 2022, Wan accessed a site where he placed the order to kill his girlfriend of nine years, federal officials said in a sentencing memorandum. — Photo by Andrew Guan on Unsplash

A doctor from the Atlanta area tried hiring a hitman on the dark web to kill his girlfriend, federal officials said.

Now, James Wan has been sentenced to seven years in prison, the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Georgia in announced in a Jan 18 news release.