Poisoning — United States
A New York man was found guilty on Thu [27 Aug 2015] of trying to buy the deadly toxin ricin on a secretive black market website, with plans to sell it in the form of “simple and easy death pills.”
A Manhattan federal jury convicted Cheng Le, 22, of 3 counts, including attempting to possess a biological toxin for use as a weapon. Prosecutors said Le tried to buy ricin from an undercover FBI employee posing as a vendor on a website called Evolution. Le faces up to life in prison. His
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