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Maine man arrested in murder-for-hire plot, allegedly took $50k, creepy mask to murder fictitious businessman
A suspect who traveled from Maine to New York to assassinate a fictitious Manhattan businessman in trade for $50,000 was indicted on one depend of murder-for-hire, the U.S. Legal professional for the Southern District of New York introduced.
Hyunkook Korsiak, a 41-year-old man who was beforehand convicted in 2017 for theft from a licensed firearms vendor, was arrested final week by undercover FBI brokers.
The Bureau of Prisons first intercepted communications by which Korsiak expressed his want to be a hitman, prompting an FBI investigation in August 2022, prosecutors stated.
Korsiak allegedly met with undercover FBI brokers a number of instances during the last two months and hatched the plan, which concerned capturing and killing a businessman man at a resort in Manhattan. Korsiak requested the brokers for silencers for his weapons and a latex masks to counteract facial recognition know-how, in line with the indictment.
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Final Wednesday, Korsiak traveled from Maine to Tarrytown, which is about 25 miles north of New York Metropolis, the place he was handed $25,000 by an spy. The agent advised Korsiak he’d obtain the opposite half of the fee after the fictional businessman was lifeless.
Korsiak allegedly deliberate to make use of a masks to keep away from facial recognition know-how. ( U.S. Legal professional for the Southern District of New York)
Korsiak was arrested later that day. Two rifles, two handguns, a bullet resistant vest, a whole lot of rounds of ammunition, a latex masks, and latex gloves had been seized from him.
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Korsiak was beforehand incarcerated from January 2018 to November 2021 for the felony conviction of theft from a licenses firearms vendor. He faces as much as 10 years in jail for the murder-for-hire depend.