This real story of dirty-tricks thugs stupid enough to get caught, and the "Silicon Valley" TV bit about Gavin Belson trying to get his people to kill a protest

This real story of dirty-tricks thugs stupid enough to get caught, and the "Silicon Valley" TV bit about Gavin Belson trying to get his people to kill a protestor ("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP5pt1bvutQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP5pt1bvutQ")... made me wonder how often wealthy sociopaths, even in the US, are quietly having people problematic to them neutralized in a criminal way.