Even before the blaze was put out, investigators began peppering Issa and his partner with crazy questions regarding their whereabouts before the fire, Issa recalled. [Los Angeles Times, 5/23/98, via Nexis, emphasis added] Prior To Fire, Issa Boosted Fire Insurance And Removed A Computer From The Premises. According to the Los Angeles Times: Weeks before the fire, Issa and [business partner] Hunsinger boosted their fire insurance from $ 100,000 to $ 462,000 on property stored for other companies...At the same time, a separate company that contracted with Quantum to outfit bug zappers increased its insurance to $ 400,000, and, according to an insurance report, one investigator was concerned about the coincidence. Fire investigators also noted that a computer was taken off the site eight days before the fire, allegedly to be reprogrammed by Issas lawyer, and that business blueprints were put away in a safe--which was not previously done before. [Los Angeles Times,5/23/98, via Nexis] Suspicious Burn Patterns And Out Of Normal Practice Behavior Alerted Investigators. The Washington Post reported: Investigators reported suspicious burn patterns and said the fire may have been set. A company bookkeeper, Karen Brasdovich, also told them that computers and records had been removed from the site days before the fire for no clear reason. It was totally out of normal practice, she said in a telephone interview last week. [Washington Post via FTLComm, 7/8/03]
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