The family of a Guyanese woman has branded her as ‘evil’ after she was arrested for allegedly attempting to hire a hitman to take out her brother-in-law. The accused, Reshma Massarone of Hudson Valley, New York was charged on August 23 last month in the alleged murder-for-hire scheme in Manhattan Federal Court.
The 39-year-old bank manager allegedly offered an unidentified friend $10,000 dollars to kill her brother-in-law while he was on a family trip to their native country of Guyana back In July.
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According to court documents, she allegedly wired $2,500 to the person, who said he would set up the hit to look like a robbery gone sideways.
Massarone used Facebook Messenger to communicate with the potential hitman saying, “You take care of business and you be a rich man.”
One day before the assassination, the hitman notified the intended victim and accompanied him to the US Embassy to make a report.
The motive for the hire was an ‘ongoing civil litigation matter pending in New York.’ The attempted hit job unfolded after several months of infighting between Massarone and her family, who believe she tried to exploit a dying relative by taking out an insurance policy on her. She filed a restraining order against the brother-in-law.
One family member described her as “…so evil. She has been torturing and tormenting people for a very long time.” Others in the family are “her next step was to get him assassinated or murdered because she was stuck with these attorney’s fees and all that”.
Massarone is known to the courts having sued the bank that employed her, claiming she was racially discriminated against while working there. Both cases were dismissed by judges.
She is currently being held without bail “based on danger to the community”.
