A Florida man has been found guilty of attempting to have multiple people, including his family members, a federal prosecutor, and an FBI agent, murdered while he was awaiting trial for cyber harassment charges.
Anthony Frederick Brillante II, 36, was already facing charges for cyber harassment when he took the drastic step of attempting to hire hitmen to kill key witnesses in his case.
The Cyber Harassment Case
Brillante’s criminal history began when he was a student at Florida International University. Between 2021 and 2022, Brillante sent tens of thousands of violent, harassing phone calls and text messages to his cousin, her family, and even her 12-year-old daughter.
The messages were sent from “hundreds” of spoofed phone numbers and contained explicit threats to their lives, continuing for a 15-month period. As a result, he was charged with cyber harassment, but the case soon escalated into an even darker plot.
The Murder-for-Hire Plot
Before the trial for his cyber harassment charges could even begin, Brillante attempted to orchestrate the murders of several people involved in his case…