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Minnesota man who set his property on fire to stage a political attack pleads guilty to insurance fraud
Fox News ^ | October 12, 2022

Posted on 10/12/2022 10:50:58 AM PDT by Coronal

A Minnesota man pleaded guilty Tuesday to filing fraudulent insurance claims for a staged arson he attempted to portray as a politically-motivated attack.

Federal officials said Denis Molla, 30, of Brooklyn Center, falsely reported to law enforcement in September 2020 that someone had lit his camper on fire and that three unknown males were near his home when he heard an explosion.

Molla told officials his garage door was vandalized with a spray-painted Antifa symbol and words stating "Biden 2020" and "BLM." He claimed his camper was targeted because it had a Trump 2020 flag displayed on it.

Police discovered that Molla started his own property on fire and spray painted the graffiti on his own garage. He them submitted multiple insurance claims seeking coverage for the damage to his garage, camper, vehicles, and residence caused by the fire, court documents show.

Molla also created and allowed others to start two GoFundMe accounts to benefit Molla and his family. In total, Molla submitted more than $300,000 in fraudulent insurance claims, of which he received approximately $61,000 from his insurance company. Molla also received more than $17,000 from individual donors via GoFundMe.

Molla pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: brooklyncenter; denismolla; minnesota

1 posted on 10/12/2022 10:50:58 AM PDT by Coronal
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To: Coronal

Insurance companies hire the very best forensic experts to investigate fires as it is definitely in the company’s interest to not pay when fraud is involved and discourage others from committing insurance fraud.


2 posted on 10/12/2022 10:54:36 AM PDT by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: Coronal

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/minnesota-trump-supporter-pleads-guilty-fire-blamed-left-wing-vandals-rcna51799

Minnesota Trump supporter who falsely accused left-wing vandals of setting fire he staged pleads guilty to fraud


3 posted on 10/12/2022 10:59:12 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Coronal

Finally, a fake right-wing hate crime.


4 posted on 10/12/2022 11:03:23 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Coronal

Stupid idiot… now if he had said Trump-nazis had firebombed his house thered have been no investigation :p


5 posted on 10/12/2022 11:29:10 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: Coronal

Well, that’s one right winger who has faked a “hate crime”.

Against how many thousands of left wingers who have been caught doing similar?


6 posted on 10/12/2022 11:32:56 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Skywise

Nah, he’d still have gotten caught. We just wouldn’t likely be hearing about it on the news.


7 posted on 10/12/2022 11:33:28 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Coronal
This is some sort of unicorn sighting. Someone faking a crime claiming the left did it?

You can tell he must be conservative because he's getting prosecuted for it.

8 posted on 10/12/2022 11:46:33 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. FBI is tending in that direction." - Harry Truman)
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To: Coronal

Funniest and most telling part is that he put “Biden 2020” along with the BLM and Antifa part, it’s just too obviously fake. BLM/Antifa see Joe Biden as just another old white guy they don’t like him anymore than anyone else

if he had put Bernie maybe but still


9 posted on 10/12/2022 11:56:45 AM PDT by Nomad577
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To: PeterPrinciple

We don’t claim ownership of that so-called supporter. I would hope he was a false flagger, but a few of our guys are bad too.


10 posted on 10/12/2022 11:57:04 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Flick Lives
Correct. And the main purpose of state insurance commissions is to protect insurance companies from fraudulent claims. If an insurance company refuses to pay for a legitimate claim, about all you can do is sue them for breach of contract. The insurance commission will give you little, if any, help.
11 posted on 10/12/2022 12:05:02 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Coronal

Umm, charge this @$$ with the full extent of the law.

The fight is hard enough w/o this.


12 posted on 10/12/2022 3:08:50 PM PDT by sauropod (Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: sauropod
Nothing will happen to him. At the most, he may, and that is a long shot, he may get a few days of unsupervised probation and adjudication with held.
13 posted on 10/12/2022 3:25:47 PM PDT by sport
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