A Beverly Hills man was sentenced Monday to five years behind bars for trying to hire a hit man to kill a woman he briefly dated.
Scott Berkett, 25, pleaded guilty in June to a single count of using interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire, which carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years. However, prosecutors agreed to seek a penalty of no more than five years, according to the plea agreement filed in Los Angeles federal court.
Months later, a relative of the woman learned that Berkett was still contacting her and reached out to the defendant's father via text. Berkett responded by saying "consider this matter closed.'' The supposed hit man was, in fact, an undercover agent. Federal prosecutors said Berkett submitted a work order to the dark web group, saying he'd like the murder "to look like an accident, but robbery gone wrong may work better.''
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