Massachusetts father who accidentally hired an undercover FBI agent to kill his wife pleads guilty
Massachusetts father, 56, who accidentally hired an undercover FBI agent to kill his wife pleads guilty
- Massimo Marenghi, 56, pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife last year amid their messy divorce.
- He confided in an anonymous source about his marital problems and was reported to the police when he expressed that he wanted his wife to die.
- Marenghi faces up to 10 years behind bars and will be sentenced on June 8.
A Massachusetts husband and father of three pleaded guilty Thursday to accidentally hiring an undercover FBI agent to kill his wife amid their messy divorce.
Massimo Marenghi, 56, faces nearly a decade behind bars for his failed murder-for-hire case against his wife in 2021.
Marenghi was put on law enforcement’s radar on January 1, 2021, when an unidentified individual reported that he asked for their help in killing his wife after complaining that she was filing a restraining order against him.
Later, “the individual introduced Marenghi to an undercover agent posing as a hit man” and offered them $10,000 in cash to “eliminate the issue,” according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
He will be sentenced on June 8.
Massimo Marenghi, 56, pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife last year amid their messy divorce.
Marenghi was put on the law enforcement radar on January 1, 2021, after an unidentified individual reported that he asked them for help in killing his wife after complaining that she was filing a restraining order on his wife. against. In the picture: Marenghi and his family.
Marenghi paid the undercover Fed, known as Ms. Smith, a $1,500 cash deposit for what he called a “wrecking job.”
Marenghi will be sentenced on June 8
He communicated with the federal agent via text message and used constructive language to discuss the job. The information about Marenghi’s wife was called “flat”, according to Law and Crime.
Aside from the ‘blueprint’, it included a photo of Marenghi’s soon-to-be ex-wife, her car information, work schedule and custody division, ‘which she said would be the ‘best time for work to begin’. construction”. ‘ the US attorney’s office said.
Marenghi also explained to the agent how to get past the security cameras outside his wife’s house.
‘[He] described how someone could stand behind the barrels at the end of the driveway so that the person would be hidden from any cameras and out of sight of his wife,” according to an affidavit obtained by Law and Crime.
The disgraced man promised the agent the rest of the money once the ‘construction job’ was finished.
Marenghi paid the undercover Fed, known as Ms. Smith, a $1,500 cash deposit for what she called a “wrecking job.”
He communicated with the federal agent via text message and used constructive language to discuss the job. Information about Marenghi’s wife was dubbed ‘flat’
Authorities did not release the names of Marenghi’s wife or their children. He seemed to be a true ‘family man’ and posted his family frequently on Facebook.
In addition to potentially spending a decade in prison, Marenghi also faces a $250,000 fine and three years of probation.
Authorities did not release the names of Marenghi’s wife or their children. He seemed to be a true ‘family man’ and posted his family frequently on Facebook.
Marenghi’s last post was in October 2020 on what appeared to be her son in a Cheez-It toy cart.
He often posed next to his wife and wore a cross necklace.