LA landlord sentenced to 20 years for 2 murder-for-hire plots and arson

A 55-year-old San Gabriel Valley man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for hiring a hitman in two attempted murder-for-hire plots and paying someone to burn an apartment complex in North Hollywood so he could expel low-income tenants, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday.

Arthur Raffy Aslanian of La Cañada Flintridge, sentenced on Monday, May 6, was also fined $200,000 and ordered to pay $15,371 in restitution.

In July 2023, Aslanian was found guilty by a jury of one count...