By Matt Lorch, Q13 Fox News
A 45-year-old Washington man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to hiring a “hit man” to kill several people in Vietnam, including a nephew who had spent $100,000 he had sent him despite instructions to spend only the interest earned by the money.
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Long Van Nguyen, who lives in University Place, thought he was hiring a professional assassin to carry out the killings when, in fact, he was dealing with undercover federal agents, U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan said.
According to the plea agreement signed Thursday, Nguyen admitted that in March 2012 he tried to hire an undercover U.S. Homeland Security agent to kill people in Vietnam.
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