Fifteen-thousand dollars. That’s about how much the Department of Justice says Beverly Hills resident Scott Berkett, 24, paid to order a hit on a brief romantic partner after she repeatedly tried ending the relationship: approximately $14,000 to a shadowy, dark web group to arrange the hit and another $1,000 to the supposed hitman. But the dark web group turned out to be a “scam” and the hitman turned out to be an undercover agent, according to an affidavit filed in a case against Berkett, who now faces federal murder-for-hire charges. Berkett was arrested on May 21 and remains in custody.
Berkett first met “Victim 1” on a Facebook fan group for a popular online anime series, according to the affidavit. The two lived in different states, so they allegedly cultivated a relationship through messages and phone calls.
