"As Bay City News reports, Jose Vicente Badillo, 29, owner of San Francisco-based companies Auto Towing and Specialty Towing was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison on February 12 after pleading guilty to committing arson. As Mission Local reports, Badillo carried out a plan between April and October 2023 in which he conspired with others to set fire to six different tow trucks owned by four competitors in San Francisco and East Palo Alto, according to court documents."
"Bay City News writes that Badillo's plan was in retaliation to perceived wrongdoings by his rivals as well as an effort to drive more customers to his businesses. Additionally, Badillo was sentenced in a separate federal case on February 13 to 27 months in prison for conspiring to submit false auto insurance claims between 2017 and 2021 approximately, which he'll serve at the same time as the arson sentence, per Bay City News."
Jose Vicente Badillo, 29, owned San Francisco-based companies Auto Towing and Specialty Towing and pleaded guilty to arson. He orchestrated a plan between April and October 2023 to conspire with others to set fire to six tow trucks belonging to four rival companies in San Francisco and East Palo Alto. The arson was motivated by perceived wrongdoings by rivals and to drive customers to his businesses. He received a 60-month federal sentence and separately received 27 months for conspiring to submit false auto insurance claims from about 2017 to 2021, to be served concurrently. State charges for welfare fraud, perjury, and grand theft remain pending, and he has been barred from working with the city after fake no-parking signs and illegal towing by his company.
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