Man who orchestrated tech-fueled kidnapping scheme given 40 years

Enlarge / The Vallejo Police Department initially dismissed the kidnapping allegations as a hoax. (credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images News)

A California man who pleaded guilty last year to a strange and elaborate kidnapping operation in 2015 has now been sentenced to 40 years in prison. The defendant, Matthew Muller, was later caught as part of a separate burglary later that month but initially denied the kidnapping.

Local media reported Tuesday that the two victims are now engaged to be married-just days after speaking at Muller's sentencing hearing-and that Muller could face fresh criminal charges brought by local prosecutors in Solano County.

In a statement issued last week, just after his sentencing hearing, federal prosecutors said that Muller, himself a disbarred attorney and former United States Marine, got what he deserved.

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