The government said these properties were deliberately set afire to collect insurance:

The government said these properties were deliberately set afire to collect insurance:

Sept. 2, 1995: Cyrus Ghassab accused of setting fire to a commercial building at 901 Glenwood Ave. in Youngstown.

April 20, 1998: Ghassab and Majeed Bazazpour accused of setting fire to a commercial building at 2606 Glenwood.

Dec. 11, 1999: Ghassab and Bazazpour accused of setting fire to a commercial building at 608 N. Garland Ave.

April 22, 2004: Ghassab and Bazazpour accused of setting fire to a commercial building at 2604-2606 Glenwood.

June 24, 2005: Bazazpour accused of setting fire to a building at 2732 Glenwood.

July 21, 2005: A man not charged in the indictment attempted to set fire to a commercial building at 55 S. Leavitt St., Leavittsburg, by throwing a Molotov cocktail through the front door of Young’s Market.

Aug. 8, 2005: The same man set fire inside Young’s Market.

Nov. 13, 2005: Ghassab attempted to set fire with destructive device at 55 S. Leavitt. Source: Indictment filed in U.S. District Court