WOMAN, 28, ALLEGEDLY HIRED A ‘HITMAN’ ON TINDER TO TARGET HER EX-BOYFRIEND AND HIS DAUGHTER — BUT THE PLAN HAD A SHOCKING TWIST

Jaclyn Diiorio allegedly offered $12,000 for the killings — only to discover that the man she believed was a contract killer was actually working as a confidential informant.

A 28-year-old New Jersey hairdresser is facing federal charges after prosecutors alleged that she tried to arrange the killings of her former boyfriend and his 19-year-old daughter — using a man she met on Tinder.

Jaclyn Diiorio allegedly offered approximately $12,000 to have Philadelphia police officer Matthew O’Hanlon, 53, and his daughter killed.

But the alleged plot never reached its intended target.

The man Diiorio allegedly believed was a hitman was actually a confidential informant, according to prosecutors.

THE PLAN ALLEGEDLY STARTED ON TINDER

According to court allegations, Diiorio began communicating with the supposed hitman between March 31 and April 3.

Investigators say the conversations included phone calls and text messages in which she allegedly expressed a desire to have her former boyfriend killed and disclosed that he was a police officer.

The pair allegedly met in person at a Wawa convenience store in Runnemede, New Jersey.

Days later, prosecutors say they met again at a Dollar General.

That time, Diiorio allegedly handed over $500 as a down payment toward the planned killings.

She allegedly promised to provide the remaining money in installments, bringing the total to around $12,000.

THEN THE ‘HITMAN’ CONTACTED POLICE

The alleged plan began to unravel when the man Diiorio had been communicating with alerted Camden County detectives.

Authorities then contacted the Philadelphia Police Department and warned O’Hanlon about the alleged threat.

Diiorio was arrested in Gloucester Township in April.

Authorities also reportedly found an unlabeled bottle containing pills suspected to be alprazolam during the arrest.

PROSECUTORS SAY THIS WASN’T HER FIRST ATTEMPT

The case became even more startling when prosecutors alleged that the Tinder arrangement was not Diiorio’s first attempt to arrange the killings.

According to prosecutors, Diiorio allegedly told the informant that other people had previously deceived her by providing fake photographs supposedly showing that the killings had already been carried out.

The allegations have not been proven in court.

FEDERAL CHARGES NOW TAKE CENTER STAGE

Diiorio was initially charged in Camden County with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and possession of a controlled substance.

Those state charges were later dismissed after federal prosecutors took over the case.

She has now been indicted on two federal counts of using interstate commerce facilities in an attempt to commission a murder-for-hire.

If convicted, she could face up to 20 years in federal prison.

A federal detention hearing is scheduled before U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott W. Reid.

HER LAWYER CLAIMS ENTRAPMENT

Diiorio’s attorney, Robert Gamburg, has said she will plead not guilty.

Her defense has also questioned the conduct of the confidential informant and argued that the case involves entrapment.

Gamburg has criticized the informant’s involvement and questioned how communications between the informant and Diiorio were monitored before her arrest.

For now, the allegations remain just that — allegations.

Diiorio has not been convicted, and she is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

But the case has drawn attention because what appeared to be a Tinder encounter allegedly turned into something far more sinister — with the supposed hitman secretly working with investigators.