Dejvid Mirkovic, Conspiring to Murder a Federal Employee, New York 2013

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Florida Man Pleas Guilty to Conspiring to Kill Federal Judge

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Dejvid Mirkovic, 38, of Lake Worth, Florida, pleaded guilty today to a felony charge of conspiring to murder the U.S. District Judge who presided over the boiler room fraud conviction of Mirkovic’s coconspirator, a close business associate.

According to the investigation, Mirkovic and his coconspirator agreed to pay $40,000 to an undercover police officer, who they thought was a hit-man, to kill the federal judge as well as the Assistant U.S. Attorney who successfully handled the coconspirator’s fraud prosecution.

Mirkovic paid the undercover officer $22,000 in cash as a down payment for the murders of the federal judge and the federal prosecutor. Conspiring to murder a federal employee on account of the performance of official duties carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.

The investigation revealed that law enforcement authorities learned of the plot in August 2012, when a confidential informant reported that the coconspirator stated he wanted to torture and kill the judge and the federal prosecutor and asked the informant for assistance in arranging for a hit-man to carry out the murders.

During the subsequent investigation, two undercover law enforcement officers, posing as hit-men, met with Mirkovic and the coconspirator numerous times at locations on Long Island, including at the Nassau County Correctional Center, where the coconspirator was being held.

Mirkovic agreed to the forfeiture of over $200,000, a car and four firearms as part of his plea deal. Sentencing is scheduled for June 19, 2013, at 3 p.m. EST, in U.S. District Court, Brooklyn, in front of Judge John Keenan.

U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced the guilty plea, which was the latest step in an investigation on the part of Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Office, under the direction of Assistant Director-in-Charge George Venizelos.

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