A Massachusetts husband and father-of-three pleaded responsible on Thursday to unintentionally hiring an undercover FBI agent to kill his spouse amid their messy divorce.
Massimo Marenghi, 56, faces almost a decade behind bars for his failed murder-for-hire case in opposition to his spouse in 2021.
Marenghi was placed on legislation enforcement’s radar on January 1, 2021, when an unidentified particular person reported he requested them for assist in killing his spouse after complaining she was submitting a restraining order in opposition to him.
Afterward, ‘the person launched Marenghi to an spy who posed as a contract killer’ and provided them $10,000 in money to ‘get rid of the issue,’ in accordance with the US Legal professional’s Workplace for the District of Massachusetts.
He can be sentenced on June 8.
Massimo Marenghi, 56, pleaded responsible on Thursday to trying to rent a hitman to kill his spouse final yr amid their messy divorce
Marenghi was placed on legislation enforcement’s radar on January 1, 2021, after an unidentified particular person reported he requested them for assist in killing his spouse after complaining she was submitting a restraining order in opposition to him. Pictured: Marenghi and his household
Marenghi paid the undercover fed, known as Mrs. Smith, a $1,500 money deposit for what he known as a ‘demolition job.’
Marenghi can be sentenced on June 8
He communicated with the federal agent over textual content message and used building language to debate the job. Details about Marenghi’s spouse was known as a ‘blueprint,’ in accordance with Regulation and Crime.
Aside from the ‘blueprint’ included an image of Marenghi’s soon-to-be ex-wife, her automotive info, work schedule, and their custody cut up – ‘which he mentioned can be the “greatest time for the development work to start out,”‘ the US Legal professional’s workplace mentioned.
Marenghi additionally defined to the agent methods to transfer go the safety cameras outdoors of his spouse’s home.
‘[He] described how somebody may stand behind the barrels on the finish of the driveway such that the individual can be hidden from any cameras and out of sight from his spouse,’ in accordance with an affidavit obtained by Regulation and Crime.
The disgraced promised the agent the rest of the cash as soon as the ‘building job’ was completed.
Marenghi paid the undercover fed, known as Mrs. Smith, a $1,500 money deposit for what he known as a ‘demolition job’
He communicated with the federal agent over textual content message and used building language to debate the job. Details about Marenghi’s spouse was known as a ‘blueprint’
Authorities did not disclose the title of Marenghi’s spouse or his children. He gave the impression to be an actual ‘household man’ and posted his household continuously on Fb
Other than probably spending a decade in jail, Marenghi additionally faces a $250,000 superb and three years of parole.
Authorities did not disclose the title of Marenghi’s spouse or his children. He gave the impression to be an actual ‘household man’ and posted his household continuously on Fb.
Marenghi’s final submit was on October 2020 in what gave the impression to be his son in a toy Cheez-It go cart.
He typically posed alongside his spouse and wore a cross necklace.