A former Florida International student who is already imprisoned for threatening to kill his relatives faces more time behind bars after a jury found him guilty of hiring a hit man to murder a federal prosecutor, an FBI agent and others.
Anthony Frederick Brillante II, 36, was convicted on Friday of attempted murder of a U.S. government employee, solicitation of a crime of violence and witness tampering. Brillante is expected to receive several more years in prison at his sentencing in early October before U.S. District Judge Melissa Damian in Fort Lauderdale federal court.
Brillante’s criminal activity began while he was enrolled at FIU and continued after the FBI arrested him in August 2022, according to federal prosecutors Lawrence LaVecchio and Deric Zacca…