{"id":56142,"date":"2024-05-06T20:51:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T03:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56142"},"modified":"2024-05-06T20:51:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T03:51:43","slug":"calif-man-sentenced-to-20-years-for-murder-for-hire-and-arson-on-apartment-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56142","title":{"rendered":"Calif. Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Murder-for-Hire and Arson on Apartment Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0RIVERSIDE, California<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1867 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ATF-BADGE-217x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ATF-BADGE-217x300.png 217w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/ATF-BADGE.png 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/>A San Gabriel Valley man was sentenced Monday to 20 years in federal prison for hiring a hitman in an attempt to kill two men \u2013 his former lawyer and a long-time litigation opponent \u2013 and for hiring someone to burn a North Hollywood apartment complex he owned to force its low-income residents to leave, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">U.S. District Judge Jesus G. Bernal sentenced Arthur Raffy Aslanian, 55, of La Ca\u00f1ada Flintridge. The judge also ordered Aslanian to pay $15,371 in restitution and fined him $200,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">At the conclusion of a five-day trial, a jury in July 2023 found Aslanian guilty of one count of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, one count of conspiracy to commit arson, one count of attempted arson, and one count of arson of a building used in interstate commerce, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3918 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Department-of-Justice.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cThis defendant thought he could get away with murder by financing a murder plot against two of his rivals,\u201d said United States Attorney Martin Estrada. \u201cHe will now serve a well-deserved lengthy prison sentence. This case should serve as a cautionary tale to those who would resort to violence to settle their disputes: You will be caught, and the consequences will be severe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Aslanian conspired with Sesar Rivera, 41, of North Hollywood, to hire a hitman to murder two people \u2013 identified in court documents as \u201cM.Y.\u201d and \u201cS.E.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">M.Y. was a lawyer who represented Aslanian in a bankruptcy proceeding. Aslanian prevailed but then refused to pay M.Y.&#8217;s law firm more than $261,000 in legal fees and expenses. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29089 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Los-Angeles-Police-Department-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" \/>In April 2022, M.Y. sent a demand letter to Aslanian requesting mediation and stating he was prepared to sue Aslanian if the mediation failed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">S.E. was a litigant who defeated Aslanian in court after Aslanian tried to take possession of the Brentwood home in which S.E.\u2019s parents lived.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In April 2022, Rivera \u2013 Aslanian\u2019s then-employee \u2013 met with an individual who was a gang member and convicted felon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Rivera told the individual that a real estate businessman named \u201cArthur\u201d wanted to pay him to kill M.Y. and S.E.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In July 2022, Rivera again met with the individual and said \u201cArthur\u201d wanted the killing done as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> Rivera showed the individual information about M.Y. The individual secretly recorded a portion of this July 2022 in-person meeting on his phone and provided a copy of the recording to law enforcement. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41105 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Rivera also promised the individual that Aslanian would pay $20,000 for the murder once Rivera had photographic proof the murder had been committed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">On August 10, 2022, Rivera again met with the individual and told him to focus on murdering S.E. before killing M.Y. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">On August 19, 2022, Rivera used the Facebook Messenger application to send the individual a multimedia message with a screenshot of victim S.E.\u2019s Facebook profile, including S.E.\u2019s picture and business name, to assist the individual in locating and murdering S.E.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Law enforcement contacted and warned M.Y. and S.E. of the murder plots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">On September 7, 2022, law enforcement detained and questioned Rivera, who later agreed to cooperate with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Aslanian was arrested shortly after a September 15, 2022, meeting in which Rivera showed him a staged murder photograph of S.E.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cATF saved the lives of two individuals in this case,\u201d said Christopher Bombardiere, Special Agent in Charge of ATF\u2019s Los Angeles Field Division. \u201cWe will continue to work tirelessly to seek out and build cases against these violent criminals who have no moral compass and instead are driven by greed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In a separate incident in March 2022, Aslanian, through Rivera, paid an individual a few hundred dollars for successfully setting fire to a rental property in North Hollywood he owned so the remaining low-income tenants would be forced to leave the property. A previous attempted arson of the building in February 2022 was unsuccessful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Rivera pleaded guilty in March 2023 to one count of conspiracy and one count of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison for each count at his July 8 sentencing hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Los Angeles Police Department investigated this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4864447010MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kevin J. Butler of the Violent and Organized Crime Section, Kevin B. Reidy of the Major Frauds Section, and Eli A. 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