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<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3b2b2b;font-size:14px"><strong>Man, 31, from Camden County, NJ, has admitted that he hired a hitman for $20K in bitcoin to kill a 14-year-old</strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3b2b2b;font-size:14px"><strong>John Michael Musbach pled guilty to an indictment charging him with one count of “knowingly and intentionally using and causing another to use a facility of interstate and foreign commerce, [the internet], with the intent that a murder be committed” </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3b2b2b;font-size:14px"><strong>Musbach is accused of exchanging sexually explicit photographs and videos with the then-13-year-old victim during the summer of 2015 </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3b2b2b;font-size:14px"><strong>victim’s parents learned of the “inappropriate contact,” notified law enforcement, who identified Musbach in the case </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3b2b2b;font-size:14px"><strong> In March 2016, John Musbach was arrested on child pornography charges </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3b2b2b;font-size:14px"><strong>Prosecutors allege that Musbach decided to have the victim killed so that the victim could not testify against him in the pending criminal case </strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3b2b2b;font-size:14px"><strong>After paying $20K, website’s administrator then revealed to Musbach that the operation was a sham, and threatened to turn him over to law enforcement</strong></h1>



<h1 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#3b2b2b;font-size:14px"><strong>Musbach faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000</strong></h1>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/John-Michael-Musbach-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-430265" width="843" height="558"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>John Michael Musbach admitted to paying a hitman $20,000 in Bitcoin to have a 14-year-old killed. Salem Count</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A New Jersey man who admitted to paying a hitman $20,000 in cryptocurrency to have a 14-year-old child murdered may face up to 10 years behind bars.<br>John Michael Musbach, 31, pled guilty to an indictment charging him with one count of “knowingly and intentionally using and causing another to use a facility of interstate and foreign commerce, that is the internet, with the intent that a murder be committed,” the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/camden-county-man-admits-hiring-hitman-internet" target="_blank">Dept. of Justice said Thursday.</a><br>The Haddonfield man is accused of exchanging sexually explicit photographs and videos with the then-13-year-old victim during the summer of 2015. The victim lived in New York at the time.<br>After the victim’s parents learned of the “inappropriate contact,” they notified law enforcement, who identified Musbach in the case.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/John-Michael-Musbach-arrest-warrant-1-546x1024.png" alt="" class="wp-image-430271" width="744" height="1395"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>John Musbach pled guilty to soliciting the murder of the victim in his child pornography case</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In March 2016, Musbach was arrested on child pornography charges, the DOJ said. <br>Prosecutors allege that Musbach decided to have the victim killed so that the victim could not testify against him in the pending criminal case.<br>Musbach repeatedly contacted the administrator of a murder-for-hire website on the dark web, which purported to offer contact killings or other acts of violence in exchange for cryptocurrency, from May 7, 2016, to May 20, 2016.<br>“Musbach asked if a 14-year-old was too young to target, and upon hearing that the age was not a problem, paid approximately 40 bitcoin (approximately $20,000 at the time) for the hit,” prosecutors said. <a href="https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/bitcoin-221206-87.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto"></a></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bitcoin-image-1-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-385349" width="841" height="577"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>John Musbach allegedly, has admitted to paying about $20,000 worth of bitcoin while trying to hire a hitman to kill the 14-year-old victim</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Following his payment, Musbach repeatedly messaged the website’s administrator to inquire about when the murder would occur. The administrator then requested an additional $5,000, which prompted Musbach to try and cancel the hit and get his $20,000 returned.<br>The website’s administrator then revealed to Musbach that the operation was a sham, and threatened to turn Musbach over to law enforcement.<br>Musbach faces a maximum potential penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine “of the greater of $250,000, twice the gross profits to Musbach or twice the gross losses to the victim of his offense.”<br>He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 13.</p>

NJ man, 31, admits he hired hitman for $20K in bitcoin to kill a 14-year-old: Following his arrest for child porn, John Michael Musbach, solicited murder of accuser on dark web
