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Lincoln Park Area: Woman used www.Hitmanforhire.com & then paid with paypal
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View Larger Map Jersey City woman faces federal charges of hiring a hit man over Internet to kill woman in California Wednesday, March 23, 2011 By MICHAELANGELO CONTE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER A Jersey City woman charged with hiring a hit man over the Internet to kill a woman in California was arrested by federal agents yesterday at her Clendenny Avenue home, officials said. Marissa Mark, 28, formerly of Allentown, Pa., was indicted Thursday in the alleged murder-for-hire plot that fell apart when the self-described hitman - whose services were procured on the website hitmanforhire.com - contacted the target and told her someone was trying to get her whacked, according to the indictment. The indictment says that on Sept. 10, 2006, Mark used the website to contact a person identified only as "Person #1" saying she wanted "A.L.R." killed with a bullet to the head. Mark provided A.L.R.'s picture, name, work address, and work phone number and Person #1 agreed to kill her for $37,000, the indictment says. On Sept. 13, 2006, the indictment says, Mark used a PayPal account to send $19,000 to Person #1, using three stolen credit cards, adding that also on that day Person #1 agreed to travel from Las Vegas to Woodland Hills, Calif., to commit the murder. Mark agreed to pay the balance when the target was dead, the indictment says. But on Sept. 15, 2006, when Person #1 and another person known to those in the grand jury visited A.L.R., they told her Mark had paid them to murder her, the indictment says. That's when the target of the murder contacted authorities. The indictment does not provide information on the relationship between Mark and the alleged murder target, nor does it say anything about a motive. Hitmanforhire.com was a real website and two operators of the website are facing charges in California related to this incident, federal officials told The Morning Call of Allentown. After her arrest, Mark was transported to the federal courthouse in Allentown, Pa., where she made her first appearance on the charges yesterday. Her bail will likely be set today, officials said. PayPal ultimately discovered the $19,000 in payments were unauthorized and reversed them, the indictment says. The eight-count indictment also charges Mark with counts related to the credit card use, aiding and abetting interstate travel with the intent to commit murder, aggravated identity theft and other counts related to the credit card use. Mark faces up to 56 years in prison if convicted on the charges.
Posted on: 2011/3/23 13:46
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