Woman faces prison after trying to hire an assassin to kill her ex-husband through fake 'Rent-a-Hitman' website, report says
- A Michigan woman offered a fake hitman-for-hire website $5,000 to kill her ex-husband, per CNN.
- The owner of 'Rent-A-Hitman' turned over her information to the police, who arrested her last year.
A Michigan woman wanted her ex-husband dead so she offered to pay a hitman-for-hire website $5,000 to have him killed, according to CNN.
Wendy Wein, 52, found Rent-A-Hitman online, CNN reported, and she believed that it was a website that could be used to help find an assassin.
She filled out a form in July 2020, expressing her wishes to have her ex killed, and later provided them with his address, place of work, and schedule, per CNN.
The only problem was that the website exists solely to dupe people looking to solicit murders.
Wendy Wein thought she was planning the murder with Guido Fanelli — who said he was the chief consultant for Rent-A-Hitman — but this was actually the fictional alter-ego of Bob Innes.
Innes, who lives in California, started the website for an internet security business but it eventually morphed into an online trap for those looking to solicit murders, according to CNN. Now, Innes sifts through requests and hands over serious inquiries to law enforcement.
Innes told CNN that he gives people 24 hours to "cool off" before calling the police.
A day later, Wein said she still wanted to hire a killer, CNN reported. She later handed over a down payment of $200 to cover out-of-state travel, per Michigan Live.
Innes turned over her information to Michigan State Police. Undercover officers arranged to meet her in a parking lot and arrested her on July 17, 2020, Michigan Live reported.
Wein pleaded guilty to charges of solicitation for murder and use of a computer to commit a crime, in November, according to Monroe County Prosecuting Attorney's Office.
She now faces at least nine years in prison, officials said, per Michigan Live.
Wein will appear in court for sentencing on January 13, 2022.