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Asif Raza Merchant, 46, who is accused of trying to arrange a murder-for-hire scheme, was arrested on July 12, though the complaint was not unsealed until Tuesday.
In June, they met at a hotel in New York, where Merchant explained to the informant and then again when they met up with the hit men that he wanted them to steal documents or USB drives from the target’s home, planning a protest, and killing a government official.
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