California CEO arrested, charged in murder-for-hire plot

(KTXL) — A California businessman is in custody for allegedly hiring a hitman to murder someone over an unpaid debt, federal prosecutors announced.

On Thursday morning, federal agents arrested Marcos Arturo Kleiman Tronllan in Miami. Kleiman, a Mexican citizen and lawful permanent U.S. resident, is the chief executive officer of cross-border currency exchange company MoneyFlip LLC, a San Diego-based business.

Although it ended in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme, the federal investigation began with a probe into money exchange businesses in two Southern California counties, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office…

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