Insurance fraudster pleads, sentenced in car arson scheme
Today a man accused of insurance fraud pleaded no contest today at Sacramento Superior Court and was sentenced.
Judge Ken Brody sentenced David Bailey, who pleaded no contest to felony arson to 280 days in the Sacramento County Jail and two years of formal probation. He was also ordered to pay restitution to the Sacramento Fire Department (SFD).
Co-defendant Rajdeep Singh previously pled no contest to felony arson on February 1, 2022, and was previously sentenced to 310 days in county jail, 2 years probation, and ordered to pay restitution to the insurance carrier.
Bailey and Singh must register as convicted arsonists for life.
According to the evidence presented, on June 24, 2019, the SFD responded to a vehicle fire and was able to extinguish it before spreading. Fire investigators determined the fire started in the passenger compartment of the vehicle and that it was set intentionally.
The joint investigation was conducted by SFD and the California Department of Insurance, who determined the arson was part of an insurance fraud scheme in which Singh offered to pay Bailey to set the vehicle on fire. Singh then filed a fraudulent insurance claim on the vehicle.
