A Beverly Hills man admitted to using bitcoin in an attempt to hire a hitman to murder his ex-girlfriend after she wanted to end their brief relationship, federal prosecutors said. Scott Berkett, 25, pleaded guilty in the murder-for-hire plot in which he paid about $13,000 in bitcoin for the woman’s murder, the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced Wednesday. The California native met the victim online in 2020 and then the woman flew out to Los Angeles to see him in October of that year. But the victim tried to break things off multiple times after that trip with Berkett, whose ... (full story)