Arson Awareness Week
May 3-9, 2009
Arson for Profit



Arson Awareness Week - May 3-9, 2009

The goal of this year's AAW, May 3-9, is to focus public attention on arson for profit. By drawing people's at­tention to the alarming statistics about arson for profit, we hope to expand the resources and support neces­sary to reduce this crime. There are many motives for arson - the crime of deliberately and maliciously set­ting fire. Arson for profit, or economic arson, is when businesses or individuals set fires to reduce financial loss, recoup initial investments, or dispose of depreci­ated assets usually for a payout from insurance com­panies

Arson for profit is insurance fraud, a criminal meth­od of obtaining money from a fire loss policy. The losses for arson are staggering!

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