Former Milford Businessman Sentenced For Murder-For-Hire Scheme

A former Milford businessman will serve the next seven years behind bars for his role in a murder, assault -for-hire scheme, the New Haven Register reports.

Gregory Christofakis, 53, received a 15-year prison sentence Monday morning, which is suspended after seven years in prison. He has been held on bond since being charged in October 2012 with the crime.

In August, he agreed to plead under the Alford doctrine.

Ziba Guy, 48, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for her role in the same murder-, assault-for-hire scheme with her then-boyfriend, Christofakis.

Guy’s ex-husband who was a target of the scheme said he lives in “fear and paranoia,” according to a prior Register report. Guy was an obstetrician-gynecologist in New York state.

Guy’s boyfriend at the time, Christofakis was owner of Greg’s Auto Body and Sales at 500 New Haven Ave. in Milford.

Christofakis’ wife, a city resident, and Guy’s former husband were the targets of the alleged murder-, assault-for-hire scheme, has said Kevin D. Lawlor, who is the state’s attorney for the judicial district of Ansonia-Milford.

The murder for hire scheme

Lawlor has explained in detail the state’s case against Guy and Christofakis.

Christofakis and a male met in Superior Court, Milford back in 2012 and after a brief discussion they agreed to meet to discuss a business possibility, Lawlor has said.

The man, who would later become an informer for police, met with Christofakis where he asked the man to harm both his ex-wife and Guy’s ex-husband, Lawlor has said.

“The man left that meeting very troubled by that discussion,” Lawlor has said. “He was asked to harm Mrs. Christofakis in front of her children.”

The man went to Milford police and explained what Christofakis asked him to do, Lawlor has said. The man agreed to wear a wire and went to Christofakis’ city business.

The man, Christofakis and Guy all went for a drive around Milford and the audio recording shows that both co-defendants asked the informer to harm their former spouses, Lawlor has said.

Guy went on a computer to help give the man addresses where her ex-husband would be along with a physical description, Lawlor has said.

Guy could be heard saying she would be ok with the man breaking her ex-husband’s legs or arms, but she didn’t want him murdered, Lawlor has said.

In that same car ride, the conversation then turned toward Christofakis allegedly asking for his ex-wife to be “murdered,” Lawlor has said. Guy did not want that to happen, Lawlor added.

After Guy was arrested she told police she felt wronged by her ex-husband because he took a lot of money from her for his business and never paid her back, Lawlor has said.