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Civil Litigation

Sep. 30, 2022

Businessman accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill his lawyer

Arthur Raffy Aslanian didn’t want to pay his lawyer’s fee, according to a federal indictment. Aslanian and one of his employees are also accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill another man with him Aslanian had a legal dispute.

A federal grand jury handed down an indictment Thursday accusing a businessman from La Cañada Flintridge and one of his employees of trying to hire a hitman to kill a lawyer and another man who were involved in legal proceedings against him.

Arthur Raffy Aslanian, 53, is charged in a three-count indictment with one count of conspiracy to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. Sesar Rivera, 40, of North Hol...

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