“Arson for Profit: How an Attempt to use Arson & Fraud to Fund Terrorism Failed”
This story is based on a real case involving a member of
Russian/Armenian organized crime, real insurers, investigators, lawyers,
fire fighters, and insurance brokers. The names, descriptions, and identities
of the people involved have been changed to protect both the guilty and
the innocent. The report to the US Senate, after this case was decided
by the California Courts, reveal that the threats made on MOM and lawyer
Hazan were real and they are lucky that the threats were never
fulfilled. The person identified in this story as Levonyan was described
to the US Senate as the leader of a Russian/Armenian organized crime
ring. It is important to take seriously threats from criminals.
Insurance fraud and arson-for-profit are not victimless crimes. They are
crimes of violence that cost everyone who lives in the U.S.]