LA County Landlord Gets 20 Years for Murder-for-Hire Plots and Arson

The man conspired with a worker to hire a hitman to kill two people and set fire to an apartment building he owned to evict his low-income tenants.
LA County Landlord Gets 20 Years for Murder-for-Hire Plots and Arson
The U.S. District Court, Central District, in Los Angeles on Aug. 26, 2013. Robin Kemker/Epoch Times
|Updated:
0:00

A federal judge sentenced a landlord to 20 years in prison May 6 for trying to kill his former lawyer and another man, and for hiring someone to burn down an apartment complex to force low-income renters to leave.

Arthur Raffy Aslanian, 55, a real estate developer and property owner who lived in a mansion in La Cañada Flintridge, about 15 minutes north of Los Angeles, was found guilty in July 2023 of conspiring with his handyman to hire a hitman to kill two people and set fire to an apartment building he owned in North Hollywood.

Jill McLaughlin
Jill McLaughlin
Author
Jill McLaughlin is an award-winning journalist covering politics, environment, and statewide issues. She has been a reporter and editor for newspapers in Oregon, Nevada, and New Mexico. Jill was born in Yosemite National Park and enjoys the majestic outdoors, traveling, golfing, and hiking.