SPOKANE — A former Spokane doctor is going to federal prison for eight years for trying to hire hit men on the dark web to kidnap his estranged wife and
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Sex, Bitcoin and the Dark Web: Spokane doctor accused of trying to hire hitman to kidnap, assault women
April 19, 2021 12:33 PM Melissa Luck
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SPOKANE, Wash. In a court case that reads more like a suspense novel, a Spokane doctor faces attempted kidnapping charges for trying to hire a hitman to assault one woman and kidnap and extort another.
Ronald Craig Ilg is charged in federal court with attempted kidnapping. He’s being held in the Spokane County Jail pending a detention hearing Wednesday afternoon.
According to the court documents, Ilg’s alleged crimes were brought to light by an international news organization, working on a series about murder-for-hire services on the dark web. Specifically, they were investigating how people paid for those services using cryptocurrency.