Iranian man and two Hells Angels accused in murder-for-hire plot in U.S.
Two Canadian members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang plotted with an Iranian drug trafficker to kill a pair of dissidents who were living in Maryland, the Justice Department and federal officials said Monday.
Two Canadian members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang plotted with an Iranian drug trafficker to kill a pair of dissidents who were living in Maryland, the Justice Department and federal officials said Monday.
Naji Sharifi Zindashti, aka “Big Guy,” who has ties to Iran's intelligence services, had been communicating with Damion Patrick John Ryan for a month about various "jobs" when, in January 2021, he brought up "a specific job in the United States," according to a federal grand jury indictment.
Ryan, who was contacting Zindashti through an “encrypted communication service,” said that it would be "challenging" but that he "might have someone to do it," the indictment says.
That day, the indictment says, Ryan reached out to Adam Richard Pearson, who said he'd need two to three people, including a driver, and "may charge over $100,000 for the job."
Ryan replied that he would "get u what you want" but stressed that it needed to be "over kill lol," U.S. officials said.
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