'Unclean hands' doctrine is rarely litigated but became focus of civil suit in which plaintiff tried to have defendant kidnapped and potentially killed
Salam Razuki sued Ninus Malan in 2018 over an alleged breach of contract over cannabis deals, then conspired to have Malan snatched in what prosecutors said was a murder-for-hire plot
The defendants were arrested in 2018 in connection with an alleged plot to have the victim taken to Mexico and killed; they pleaded guilty to a kidnapping conspiracy
Three people who took part in a plan to kidnap a business associate over a dispute involving real estate investment properties were sentenced to prison terms Thursday in San Diego federal court.