Police have charged the part-owners of a Guelph business destroyed by fire in December with arson and attempted fraud.
The fire happened at 739 Woolwich St. on Dec. 30. The Guelph Fire Department arrived on the scene scene and found smoke coming from a second storey window and the eaves of the commercial building. They extinguished the blaze, which caused approximately $450,000 in damage.
There were no injuries reported at the time.
Further investigation revealed the owners of the business had nearly doubled the value of their content insurance approximately three weeks before the fire.
Following a lengthy investigation by investigators for the Guelph Fire Department, Guelph Police Service and an engineering firm hired by the insurance company, a 48-year-old Mississauga man and a 44-year-old Mississauga man have been arrested.
They have both been charged with arson and attempted fraud over $5,000. They will appear in a Guelph court June 7.
