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ID Thief Tries To Get Witnesses Whacked

Posted by kdawson on from the palpable-escalation dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Pavel Valkovich of Sherman Oaks, CA has pleaded guilty to solicitation of murder, admitting that he attempted to hire hit-men to kill witnesses working with Federal authorities in their investigation of Valkovich's ID theft activities and subsequent crimes. According to the Justice Department: '...Valkovich and others had stolen personal identifying information and used that information to transfer funds from victims' bank accounts to PayPal accounts.'"

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  1. except cyclists by SuperBanana · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Murder gets you extremely heavy time. Attempted murder doesn't get you as much.

    Unless you're driving your car and hit a cyclist. That generally gets you nothing at all.

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