MIAMI (WSVN) – A federal jury found a 36-year-old former Florida International University student guilty of plotting to kill a federal prosecutor, an FBI agent and multiple witnesses involved in his earlier cyber harassment case, officials said.
Anthony Brillante II was convicted of attempted murder of a federal employee, solicitation to commit a violent crime, murder-for-hire using interstate facilities, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Brillante’s murder-for-hire scheme unfolded just before the start of his cyber harassment trial in October 2023…