<p>A Russian businessman who didn't want to split his wealth with his wife ended up paying a higher price after being taken for a ride by five fake hitmen and being arrested by police.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A Moscow court confirmed today that Konstantin Monastyrsky, 47, was sentenced to eight and a half years for attempting to have his wife killed.<br /><br />According to the daily Moskovsky Komsomolets, Monastyrsky said his wife was an alcoholic, but that he didn't want to divorce her as she would get half of his property.<br /><br />Instead Monastyrsky decided to have her bumped off, and found a man who presented himself as a hired hitman and took an advance of 200,000 rubles (4,200 euros, USD 5,550) to do the job.<br /><br />But when nothing happened Monastyrsky pressured the supposed hitman, who turned out to be an alcoholic who had drank the advance.<br /><br />The fraudster turned to the police, who in turn contacted the wife and staged a fake assassination scene.<br /><br />The fake hitman sent a picture of his supposed victim to Monastyrsky, who was arrested by police when paying off the remaining 500,000 rubles for the job.<br /><br />Monastyrsky told police it was already his fifth attempt to have his wife assassinated, but each time he was taken for between of between 100,000 and 500,000 rubles."Everywhere I am being ripped off, even here!" Monastyrsky said upon his arrest, according to the newspaper.<br /><br />The wife ended with control of all of her husband's property, it added.</p>
<p>A Russian businessman who didn't want to split his wealth with his wife ended up paying a higher price after being taken for a ride by five fake hitmen and being arrested by police.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A Moscow court confirmed today that Konstantin Monastyrsky, 47, was sentenced to eight and a half years for attempting to have his wife killed.<br /><br />According to the daily Moskovsky Komsomolets, Monastyrsky said his wife was an alcoholic, but that he didn't want to divorce her as she would get half of his property.<br /><br />Instead Monastyrsky decided to have her bumped off, and found a man who presented himself as a hired hitman and took an advance of 200,000 rubles (4,200 euros, USD 5,550) to do the job.<br /><br />But when nothing happened Monastyrsky pressured the supposed hitman, who turned out to be an alcoholic who had drank the advance.<br /><br />The fraudster turned to the police, who in turn contacted the wife and staged a fake assassination scene.<br /><br />The fake hitman sent a picture of his supposed victim to Monastyrsky, who was arrested by police when paying off the remaining 500,000 rubles for the job.<br /><br />Monastyrsky told police it was already his fifth attempt to have his wife assassinated, but each time he was taken for between of between 100,000 and 500,000 rubles."Everywhere I am being ripped off, even here!" Monastyrsky said upon his arrest, according to the newspaper.<br /><br />The wife ended with control of all of her husband's property, it added.</p>