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Dominic Sarkar, in order to get his life insurance policy money (Courtesy
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Maria Moore, 50, is accused of hiring a person to kill her former lover,
Dominic Sarkar, so as to get his life insurance coverage coverage cash (Courtesy
Fremont Police).
OAKLAND — An Alameda County jury convicted a person and lady of murdering a Fremont resident over $800,000 in life insurance coverage, a criminal offense that the hitman obtained solely $500 for, prosecutors introduced.
Maria Moore, 53, and Marvel Salvant, 49, killed Dominic Sarkar, 56, within the Oct. 8, 2018 capturing at Sarkar’s Fremont dwelling. Moore was listed as Sarkar’s home accomplice and purchased two life insurance coverage insurance policies, for $500,000 and $300,000, with plans to pocket the cash after his loss of life, prosecutors argued at trial.
Salvant was linked to the crime as a result of his automobile was seen parking close to Sarkar’s dwelling shortly earlier than the crime and leaving a short while later. Salvant’s legal professional argued at trial that authorities targeted on Salvant when there was stronger proof one other man was accountable.
Each had been convicted of first diploma homicide with particular circumstances and face a life sentence. They've been scheduled for sentencing on March 8, prosecutors mentioned.
Different proof included wiretapped conversations, together with recordings of Salvant saying he dedicated “a cardinal sin.” Moore additionally instructed authorities that she and Sarkar solely had an occasional relationship, elevating suspicion as to why he was listed as her home accomplice. Authorities later found she took steps to take away Sarkar’s daughters as the only real beneficiaries to the $300,000 coverage, and exchange them with herself, earlier than his loss of life.
Salvant was seen on video “casing” Sarkar’s dwelling earlier than the homicide, prosecutors mentioned.
When he was killed, Sarkar was an government chef on the Passage to India restaurant in Mountain View. He was discovered shot to loss of life in his mattress at about 12:30 a.m. Oct. 8, 2018, at his dwelling on the 43000 block of Charleston Approach in Fremont.