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A special place in hell for this Napa Valley Arsonist.
Reuters - Yahoo
Reuters - Yahoo
Man charged in arson of 6 million wine bottles
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U.S. prosecutors charged a California man Monday with stealing fine wine he stored for upscale clients and then burning down a warehouse holding 6 million bottles worth $200 million to $250 million to hide the scam.
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California charged Mark Anderson with 19 criminal counts including arson, transporting fraudulently obtained property, mail fraud and tax evasion following the 2005 fire of the Wines Central warehouse in Vallejo.
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"As high as it sounds, a conservative estimate is $200 to $250 million and insurance estimates put it even higher than that," prosecutor Steven
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The warehouse stored wine for 92 different wineries, including from elite Napa Valley wineries.
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