DECEMBER 13, 1992 : (NY : MOHAMED ALBANNA ACQUITTED BUT JURY REFUSES TO ORDER INSURANCE COMPANY TO PAY UP-—See BUFFALO/LACKAWANNA CELL) Acquittal in arson case
Mohamed Albanna had an earlier scrape with the law when a Queen City warehouse he owned on Broadway burned Dec. 13, 1992. Investigators charged Albanna with arson after they said that he owed $700,000 to suppliers, that he was the last person to leave the building, and that they could find no forced entry to the heavily secured building. A jury acquitted Albanna of the charges, but his insurance company refused to pay for the $800,000 in damage. After a four-day trial, a jury ruled against Albanna and did not order the insurance company to pay.———— “3 in custody as raids focus on money trail to Yemen,” The Buffalo News ^ | 12/18 | MICHAEL BEEBE, Posted on 12/18/2002