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A man who believed his wife was unfaithful tried to hire a hit man to kill her and chop off her hand with a samurai sword so he could get back a US$27,000 ($38,000) diamond ring, police said.
Rockerfelle Auguste was arrested at his Manhattan office on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
Police say the 35-year-old designer gave the undercover officer a samurai sword and a US$500 deposit.