25-11-2025 00:10 via vtdigger.org

Mastermind of murder-for-hire plot sentenced to life despite pleas of innocence

Serhat Gumrukcu in 2014. Photo via Instagram
BURLINGTON — Calling his crimes “brutal” and “brazen,” a judge ordered a former California man to spend the rest of his life behind bars for leading a cross-country murder-for-hire plot that led to the death of a Vermont man.The sentence handed down Monday by Judge Christina Reiss in federal court in Burlington came after 43-year-old Serhat Gumrukcu maintained his innocence and claimed he played no role in the events lea

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Mastermind of murder-for-hire plot sentenced to life despite pleas of innocence

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