Business Owner’s Arson, Wire Fraud Conviction Affirmed By 4th Circuit Panel

Mealey's (March 11, 2022, 9:13 AM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A federal district court did not err in denying an insured’s motion for judgment of acquittal in a criminal suit alleging that he aided and abetted another individual to set fire to the business he owned to collect on insurance proceeds because the evidence provided at trial was circumstantial in nature and was compelling enough for a jury to find that the man knowingly participated in the arson, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled in affirming on Feb. 24....