A New Jersey doctor killed his wife for threatening to uncover his drug fraud

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A doctor from Lynwood, New Jersey, had been trying to murder his wife for almost a year after she threatened to expose the frauds with the drugs he had turned around with a gang of bikers.

The murder of 47-year-old April Kaufman happened on 10 on May 2012 of the year when a hit man shot a woman in her bedroom, writes USA Today.

The prosecutor’s office has charged the murder of the husband of a woman, 68-year-old James Kaufman, and his alleged partner in the illicit trafficking of 61-year-old drugs, Ferdinand Augello.

James Kaufman.
Photo: Atlantic County Prosecutor's office

Augello is also charged with conspiracy to assassinate James Kaufman, although prosecutors did not disclose any details of this alleged conspiracy.

In addition, racketeering charges were filed against Kaufman, Augello and six other people.

The prosecutor's office suggests that Kaufman ordered the murder of his wife in order to protect his money from the section during the divorce.

During the investigation, law enforcement officers found out that a doctor had been illegally selling narcotic drugs from his office for decades, having entered into an agreement with a motorcycle gang.

For the first time, Kaufman asked Augello to kill his wife in the summer of 2011. April demanded a divorce, and her husband stated that he would rather kill her than give her half of his property. After that, the woman began to spend the maximum amount of money that could, thus forcing her husband to terminate the marriage.

She also threatened to expose the fraudulent and illegal activities carried out in the office of her husband.

After that, the man turned to several people in search of a killer, and Augello offered him the services of Francis Mullholland.

10 May 2012, he was taken to the house of the Kaufmans, in which the door was specially left open. He entered the house, shot twice in April and left the building.

Linwood police found the body of a woman near 11: 30 after Kaufman himself called 911, saying that he had found his wife in an unconscious bedroom.

Mullholland received for the murder of 20 000 dollars, but payments were made in different ways: money and drugs.

Kaufman continued drug trafficking for five years after the death of his wife, she was arrested in June 2017.

The prosecutor's office suggests that Kaufman prescribed opioids to people sent to his office by Augello. The intermediary received for each client 1000 dollars or narcotic drugs.

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