he needs his pretty little face bashed in , that 's what i really want .
” a licensed social worker who counsels individuals , couples and children in her office in linwood , n.j. , ms. sylvia , 58 , was charged on monday in federal court in camden with one count of solicitation to commit a crime of violence .
investigators said sylvia went as far as to buy a pre - paid cellphone to communicate with the undercover agent , and provided the " hitman " with her victim 's license plate .
the hitman , according to the u.s. attorney 's office , was actually an undercover agent from the fbi , which arrested sylvia monday on a charge of soliciting the violent attack on a man she claimed had bilked her for money for years .
sylvia , 58 , of somers point , was introduced to the undercover agent by a patient with past connections to an unspecified " organized criminal gang , " an fbi agent wrote in a criminal complaint , after she told the patient in september of her desire for revenge .
 
the new jersey psychotherapist wanted revenge , and , as luck would have it , one of her patients had revealed in his therapy sessions that he was a former member of an organized criminal gang , according to a criminal complaint unsealed on monday .
and that ’s how the therapist , diane sylvia , ended up giving orders to an f.b.i.
” “ something so he ca n’t do push - ups , so he ca n’t work out .