A Texas pilot has admitted to intentionally ditching his recently purchased Beech Baron in the Gulf of Mexico for the insurance money. Theodore Robert Wright pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud and conspiring to commit arson as a result of a federal investigation that looked at a series of expensive insurance claims that included a yacht, a Cessna Citation, a Lamborghini and the Baron. He almost certainly faces time in prison since the maximum sentence is 40 years. Three other accomplices have also pleaded guilty but most of the attention is on Wright because of his brief brush with celebrity after the ditching.
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