MIAMI (WSVN) – A federal jury discovered a 36-year-old former Florida Worldwide College pupil responsible of plotting to kill a federal prosecutor, an FBI agent and a number of witnesses concerned in his earlier cyber harassment case, officers stated.
Anthony Brillante II was convicted of tried homicide of a federal worker, solicitation to commit a violent crime, murder-for-hire utilizing interstate services, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice, in accordance with the U.S. Division of Justice.
Brillante’s murder-for-hire scheme unfolded simply earlier than the beginning of his cyber harassment trial in October 2023.
Prosecutors stated he paid $40,000 to rearrange the murders of the Assistant U.S. Lawyer, the FBI Particular Agent who investigated him and the victims of his earlier case.
On Oct. 29, 2023, Brillante met with an undercover FBI agent posing as a hitman and mentioned finishing up the killings the day earlier than his trial was scheduled to start, the DOJ stated.
Regardless of the try and impede the case, Brillante was convicted within the cyber harassment trial and sentenced to 9 years in jail.
Brillante was initially arrested in August 2022 for focusing on relations in New York and Texas with tens of 1000’s of threatening calls and messages between 2021 and 2022.
Victims included his cousin, her husband, and their 12-year-old daughter, in addition to different relations in Texas. Messages included graphic threats to kill them, authorities stated.
Sentencing within the murder-for-hire case is ready for Oct. 1.
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