(August 14, 2018, 8:30 AM EDT) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals panel on Aug. 7 vacated a man’s conviction for insurance fraud after finding that the state failed to present sufficient evidence to show that he made a fraudulent statement to his insurance company about the cause of a fire that destroyed a diner he helped operate (North Carolina v. Eric Ferrer, No. COA17-655, N.C. App., 2018 N.C. App. LEXIS 760)....