Chris Monteiro
A San Luis Obispo judge is expected to rule Tuesday whether or not to postpone a murder-for-hire trial centered around allegations brought forward by a man in London, who now is reportedly struggling to obtain a visa to enter the United States. [Tribune]
Beau Brigham, a 33-year-old Riverside man, allegedly used the dark web to hire a hit on his stepmother for $3 and then canceled the hit. Nonetheless, Brigham is charged with a single felony count of solicitation of murder.
Chris Monteiro, a self-described cybercrime researcher and expert on the dark web, brought the allegation that Brigham tried to hire a hitman to kill his stepmother to the CBS program 48 Hours, which ran a segment on the case. CBS forwarded the allegation to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office, which is now prosecuting the case.
Brigham’s father died in 2011. In 2015, Brigham and his brother, Brandon, sued their stepmother for taking part of their inheritance and won a large judgement against her.
At a preliminary hearing, a San Luis Obispo detective testified that the woman said she was in debt to the Brigham brothers for more than $1 million. She claimed, though, that if she died, the brothers would immediately receive dividends from a trust account.
Currently, jury selection in the case is scheduled to begin on May 28. On Monday, Deputy District Attorney Michael Frye filed a motion stating Monteiro was encountering legal issues in his attempt to obtain a travel visa to get from the United Kingdom to the United States in order testify in the trial. Frye wrote that he anticipates the matter will be resolved, though not in time for Monteiro to attend the trial as it is currently scheduled.
Judge Jesse Marino has placed a gag order on the case, barring the prosecution and the defense from speaking with media about the trial. Marino has previously stated he has concerns about the genesis of the case involving a crusading hacker from London.
Marino is expected to rule Tuesday on whether or not the trial will be postponed to June 11.
We learned today the guy is a Convicted CHILD PORN guy and on a short leash, he has no credibility like juror 8 said this is a waste of time for all of us in the our pool.
Three jurors were shocked that the only witness has no evidence, no forensic done as his computer and cell phone are in the custody of the London Police. SLO PD and DA Investigators have been providing him with 24/7 armed protection at our expense ?
This is a non case
They realized it when, the facts came out that NO other Media would run with the story so he got 48 hours to believe him , until recently when CBS learned Chris is a admitted Child Porn, Perjurer, admitted he committed crimes both in the USA and the UK, as criminal hacking.
Then when he asked for total immunity, money, flights, fess, hotel, to bring his gal pal, food, and a paid two person Police armed protection detail at the expense of the US taxpayers.
Last week they sent a stringer to see the case and they left admitting they got scammed
JasonM, when did 48 Hours admit they got scammed?
WTF,
This has got to be the most stupid and ignorant move the DA’s Office has done in a while, 48 Hours now admits they got scammed. The reason “Yura” aka Chris Monteiro can not get here is he has a serious Criminal background, in the USA and UK, he is ( Persona Non Grata ) both the United States Attoeney’s office and the US Embassy in London rejected Dow’s request for them to give this Crook/Nut Job immunity is that he is a “Criminal”
One who has perverted many fake stories , he even admits he faked several stories , he has NO University Degree, does NOT work for any Cyber Security Company has no value he is a ‘wannabe’
I hope however he can come here it would be the laughing stock of all cases expect the X Rapists COP McGuire that Dow loves so much as not to charge him with the many count’s of Rape, Sodomy, Oral Copulation and more all under the Color of Authority.
Some witness ? he has legal troubles dud yea it is called Fraud, Theft, Hacking, Stealing, Perjury and being a paid Fake Confidential snitch. He is no expert at anything. Our tax dollars are again being wasted by a dumb Ass DA. Neal Clayton and Frye are just as ignorant and dumb.
You all need to check with Wired Magazine and others to see Chris Monteiro is no more than a Fraud who seeks publicity, Besa Mafia, Yura are all Chris.