4 men indicted in kidnapping and murder plot hired $750,000 to keep their affair a secret
Erik Charles Maund began emailing a woman in February 2020, with whom he had a previous relationship and planned to meet her when he visited Nashville later that month, prosecutors said. said. After his visit, Maund, who is married, receives a series of messages from a man who is romantically involved with the same woman.
During the text message exchange, Lanway threatened to reveal Maund’s relationship with Williams if he did not receive “some form of monetary payment” in order to remain silent, according to an indictment published Tuesday. Two.
They were charged in a three-count indictment with conspiracy to commit kidnapping, abduction resulting in death, and carrying, swinging and firing a firearm during and in connection with a violent crime. According to online records, an attorney was not listed for each of the murder suspects for hire. If convicted, they face life in prison.
The conspiracy against Lanway and Williams began around March 5, 2020, when Maund withdrew $15,000 from his bank account and an “intelligence report” was prepared and provided to Peled “by a relative of Brockway who worked for an internet-based security company,” according to the indictment.
Six days later, Maund transferred $150,000 in cash to an account controlled by Peled while Brockway and Carey, armed with guns, confronted the pair at an apartment complex, according to the indictment. Lanway, the alleged blackmailer, was shot dead, and Williams was allegedly kidnapped by Brockway and Carey. According to the indictment, they drove a rented car carrying Lanway’s body to a construction site and then shot Williams to death.
Sometime after the murder, Maund transferred nearly $750,000 to Peled, who paid others for the kidnapping and murder of the couple, prosecutors allege.
The men were arrested by FBI agents and Nashville Metro Police on Friday at various locations around the country. All will make their first appearances before US magistrates in the counties where they were arrested and will be returned to Tennessee’s Central District at a later date for further proceedings, according to the Justice Department. France.