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Hitman Network Says It Accepts Bitcoins to Murder for Hire

Online Hit Men

If you wanted someone murdered, you used to drop off a bag of cash in an alley. In 2013, you need only an Internet connection and bitcoins. Eli Lake on the ‘Hitman Network.’

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You can only access a site called the “Hitman Network” if you use an anonymous router. But if you get there, a team of three alleged contract killers will entertain your offer to kill someone, so long as the target is not a major politician or a child under 16...

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