Posted Oct 14, 2022 11:40 AM CDT
Updated Jun 9, 2023 7:07 AM CDT
Denis Molla, who initially blamed antifa for arson, gets 30 months in prison after Minnesota blaze
UPDATE Jun 9, 2023 7:07 AM CDT
A Minnesota man was sentenced Thursday to 30 months behind bars after setting fire to his own property to claim insurance money, and initially blaming the September 2020 arson on antifa. Per court documents cited by CBS News, Denis Vladmirovich Molla, 29, who'd first claimed that someone had torched his camper "because it had a Trump 2020 flag displayed on it," pleaded guilty in October to one count of wire fraud regarding the Brooklyn Center blaze that destroyed not only his camper, but also his garage, two vehicles, and some of the siding on his home, per MPR News. Molla ended up collecting $61,000 in insurance money, and also took in another $22,000 from two GoFundMe fundraisers. In addition to his jail time,
Molla has been ordered to pay $3,850 in restitution and an $18,000 fine. His attorney says he has already paid back more than $83,000 to the insurance firm and GoFundMe donors.
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