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Feds accuse man of trying to arrange hit on business rival in Broward

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Makram Khashman, 58, was arrested on a federal murder-for-hire charge on Tuesday. Authorities say he approached a confidential informant with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to find out if he would carry out a murder in exchange for money. The informant declined but told the 58-year-old he knew someone who may be able to assist. That someone was an undercover ATF agent posing as a hitman, authorities say.

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Feds accuse man of trying to arrange hit on business rival in Broward

A man thought a Leap Day meeting in Plantation was with an assassin, but, unbeknownst to him, it was with an undercover federal agent, whom he would eventually pay $2,500 to kill a business rival, according to court documents released Thursday.U.S. Marshals arrested the suspect, Makram Khashman, on a federal murder-for-hire charge on Tuesday and booked him into the Broward County Jail. He made his initial appearance in Fort Lauderdale federal co…

1 month ago·Miami, United States

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