A Tennessee man allegedly used Bitcoin to pay a hitman he found on a murder-for-hire website to kill his wife.
Nelson Repogle, a Tennessee native, has reportedly tried to arrange for the murder of his wife, paying off the hitman with Bitcoin.
The case was uncovered by FBI Special Agent Clay Anderson, who first got wind of the incident through a sheriff in Knoxville, Tennessee. The sheriff was tipped off by a staff member of the British Broadcasting Corporation. According to Anderson, Replogle sent the hitman Bitcoin, along with a picture of his wife Ann’s car and details on her whereabouts.
Anderson proceeded to warn Ann Replogle and her husband, who claimed that he could not think of anyone who would wish harm on her. After digging a bit deeper, Anderson managed to uncover the details of the Bitcoin wallet address that was linked to the murder-for-hire website. The FBI agent then teamed up with the FBI Cyber Task Force to analyze the Bitcoin blockchain for more clues on the…