Charges: Man lit his camper on fire, defaced own garage to appear targeted due to Trump flag

[RandiFan1290]

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/denis-molla-brooklyn-center-arson-charges/

Charges: Man lit his camper on fire, defaced own garage to appear targeted due to Trump flag
minnesota

By WCCO Staff

July 12, 2022 / 5:23 PM / CBS Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS – A Brooklyn Center man faces federal charges after he lit his own camper on fire to make it look like a politically-motivated crime, and then allegedly filed several fraudulent insurance claims.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says Denis Vladmirovich Molla, 29, is charged with two counts of wire fraud in connection with the fire that took place on September 23, 2020.

Molla reported to police that someone set fire to his camper "because it had a Trump 2020 flag displayed on it," and spray painted the Antifa symbol, "BLM" and "Biden 2020" on his garage door. The U.S. Attorney's Office says Molla actually lit the fire and defaced the garage himself.

Court documents show that Molla then "submitted multiple insurance claims seeking coverage for the damage to his garage, camper, vehicles, and residence caused by the fire."

[Emile]

1. OMG what an idiot!

[vercetti2021]

2. I remember this story actually

Totally called it being a false flag. Fucking dumbasses can't do crime right.

[PatSeg]

16. He tried to frame people on the left

for committing the kinds of vandalism that people on the right do quite often. Right-wingers really believe the rest of the world is as devious and destructive as they are.

[Hortensis]

24. Crime/fire investigation has become so technically advanced that

I think most of us would have real trouble doing crime right. Probably not a good idea to use anything that can be traced back to self to research how to commit arson and get away with it. And of course, best give up the idea altogether if you ever blabbed to someone about wanting to or discussed anything related on line.

Malice toward all. This creep also set up two gofundme accounts to screw over sympathizers.

[inthewind21]

28. Good lord

He spray painted stuff on his own house. In the age of ring doorbells, video security and Alexa everywhere. What an effing moron!

[Hortensis]

29. Lol, bet Lochloosa called it about graffiti in this moron's own "handwriting." nt

[PJMcK]

3. Trump supporters aren't too bright

What an idiot.

[Blue Owl]

38. Footage of him draining the RV tank the day before

[hlthe2b]

4. I'll look forward to hearing how the USAG makes the case. Good on them

(was it someone who reported on him, surveillance video, his own stupid email or other reporting, or? )

[Lochloosa]

5. Hand writing analysis on his garage door.

[Hortensis]

26. Lol. I'd bet a sizable chunk they could do a credible match.

Did he check out to set up a gofundme account before, by any chance? There'll be dozens.

[Eugene]

6. Despite its mention in the charging documents, Molla's Go Fund Me is still up.

[Emile]

10. Yielding more than $17,000 from two GoFundMe accounts.

Unbelievable. .

[Boomerproud]

8. Was it worth it you idiot?

I would love to show this to all my Trumper coworkers. 😀

[haele]

22. He probably thought he could get a new camper out of it as well as stick it to the Libs.

Turn himself a MAGA hero/victim for his GoFundMe, collect the insurance on a trashy old camper and garage that has probably seen better days.
He probably thought he could grift at least $150k off GoFundMe and get all sorts of freebies from local fellow travellers and sympathetic MAGA-loons. Just like Ammon Bundy, except without actually having to get out of his recliner.

Haele

[Catherine Vincent]

9. Glad he got caught

Wonder how those chumps feel that gave $ to gfm. Oh wait, like Trump supporters who gave $ to Trump's big lie campaign.

[durablend]

31. They probably think his being caught

Is some huge left wing conspiracy the media isn't talking about.

[ashredux]

11. They are all crooks? Apparently so....

[mainer]

12. How did the truth come out? Can't find it in the articles

Does anyone know?

[Eugene]

39. Even the bill of indictment doesn't specify the proof that Molla was lying.

The indictment does say that Molla claims to have seen 3 unknown males near his home shortly after hearing an explosion. Prosecutors say there were no unknown persons nearby.

Count 1 is defrauding the insurance company. Count 2 is defrauding Go Fund Me donors.

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/minnesota-trump-supporter-who-claimed-he-was-the-victim-of-a-politically-motivated-arson-hate-crime-actually-set-home-on-fire-himself-prosecutors/

[mysteryowl]

13. local news report at the time of the fire...

[FeelingBlue]

15. I wonder ...

If his wife knew or if she learned only later what her husband had done. Ugh.

[Blue Owl]

37. Is that the twisted, smoldering wreckage of that guy's soul?

[mwb970]

14. I'll say it again. They're all just so STUPID.

[Zambero]

17. Pity the poor "victim"

Once again, it was all Antifa's doing!

[Peacetrain]

18. Geez what an idiot!!

[Farmer-Rick]

19. Straight up insurance fraud

Nothing new. Insurance fraud is common among the GOP. This guy was just too obvious about it.

[Strelnikov_]

20. Since the Feds had enough cause to file the wire fraud charges

Seems there should be arson charges pending by the locals.

[BMW2020RT]

21. This guy must have attended a Trump business seminar.

He cried political persecution. Filed fraudulent insurance claims. Accused the insurance company of defrauding him. Set up GoFundMe accounts to solicit donations from the MAGA mob. And his middle name is Vladmirovich. Anyone wanna bet he is a Putin fanboy too?

Stop the Steal! 😆

[keep_left]

27. I was gonna say the same thing. MAGA moron, Russian name, ...

...what a surprise! It seemed like a cheap shot, but you took it first. So now I don't feel so bad about it.

[bullwinkle428]

23. My gut feeling is that all of these "crisis pregnancy centers" that have

experienced vandalism recently, are all false flags as well.

[samnsara]

25. so he 'owned' himself?

[hadEnuf]

30. Trump supporters are deranged Nazis.

[malthaussen]

32. Shot himself in the foot.

A felony conviction will take away all his firearms. Poor baby.

-- Mal

[Alien Life Form]

33. Question

How did they figure it was him?

Also dont be surprised if he denounces the arson investigators as "radical liberal democrats"

[herding cats]

34. Shades of the Backward B Girl

Much more extreme and with a grift twist, but equally as stupid.

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[Blue Owl]

36. I had the same thought!

[Blue Owl]

35. Very fine people, very fine indeed....