Woman sentenced to 8 years in prison for attempted murder by bitcoin hire

The U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced Friday that a woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for a failed plan to hire a killer to murder using Bitcoin. Melody Sasser attempted to use the dark web to hire a killer to kill an Alabama resident. She paid nearly $10,000 in cryptocurrency and tried to make the murder look like an accident. Authorities found hard evidence in her home that led to her arrest and conviction.