A Florida man trusted to haggle with ransomware gangs turned traitor. Angelo Martino, 41, from Land O’Lakes, pleaded guilty to conspiring in attacks that squeezed millions from U.S. victims. He did it while drawing a paycheck from a cybersecurity firm hired to fight those very crimes. Court documents paint a stark betrayal. Starting in April 2023, Martino worked as a negotiator at Chicago-based DigitalMint. Victims paid the company for help. Instead, Martino slipped confidential details to ALPHV/BlackCat operators—insurance policy limits, internal bargaining stances. BlackCat paid him back. The info let attackers jack up demands on five companies: a hospitality firm hit with $16.5 million, a nonprofit for $26.8 million, financial services over $25.6 million, retail at $6.1 million, medical devices $213,000. The Register broke down those figures from filings. But Martino didn’t stop at spying. He teamed with ex-colleagues Ryan Clifford Goldberg, 33, from Georgia, and Kevin Tyler Martin, 28, from Texas.…