I can't help but wonder how these guys keep up their reputation despite not fulfilling any of the jobs. I guess desperate people who have to seek out a hitman wouldn't really know any better in the first place. Also wonder if there are some cases where the fake hitman feels like he's doing more harm arresting the client than anything against the target. It doesn't explain in the article if her accusations were at least looked into, if they were true there might have been more victims in this story.She wants to stop the man who she says is molesting her grandchild.
They usually talk to a friend who is freaked out by the idea and talks to the police, who tell them to tell their friend to meet an agent in a certain area at a certain time. Undercover police look like the scariest biker guys you've ever seen, so they usually don't draw a lot of attention. Then the cop sits down with the guy, tells a convincing tale, and nobody ever sees his face and he goes by an assumed name. For the record, my dad is an ex-cop. Did this sort of shit a couple times, mostly went undercover in gangs and gained their confidence so he could stop huge sums of money in drugs from getting where they're going.