Fraud of the Week

January 11, 2016

Arson Fraud—Rhode Island

Amount: Unknown

 

A landlord was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in federal prison for setting fire to a building he owned. He pled guilty to one count of insurance fraud. He set fire to a three-family building in July of 2014 in order to collect insurance proceeds. Only one floor was occupied, and no one was hurt in the fire, although the family lost all their belongings. Surveillance videos showed a car similar to the landlord's parked on the street before the fire; showed someone walking from the car to the house; eight minutes later showed that person returning to the car just before firefighters were called.