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

Published on May 13, 2024

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. Los Angeles District Court Judge Jesus Bernal sentenced Mr. Aslanian to federal prison and ordered him to pay $15,371 in restitution and a $200,000 fine....

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