CONVICTED BOILER ROOM OWNER AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATE CHARGED WITH PLOTTING TO KILL FEDERAL JUDGE AND FEDERAL PROSECUTOR
Joseph Romano, a convicted boiler room owner, and Dejvid Mirkovic, Romano’s business associate, have been charged in a federal criminal complaint with conspiring to murder a United States District Judge and an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.1 Romano, who is currently serving a 15-year-sentence following his conviction for conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, and Mirkovic allegedly attempted to hire a hitman to kill the judge, who presided over Romano’s underlying case (“the judge”), and the prosecutor who handled the case (“the AUSA”), in exchange for $40,000.