United States v. LaPorta

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:

Michael LaPorta and Vincent “Jimmy” Si-curella were arrested after they had burned Sicurella’s car to collect on the car’s insurance and after they fell for a government sting operation by setting a government car *154on fire. They were indicted for: (1) conspiracy to commit mail fraud and destroy government property, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; (2) mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341; (3) use of fire to commit mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(h)(1); (4) destruction of government property, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1361; and (5) use of fire to…