united-states criminal-law business
What is it called when a business causes damages or vandalizes to garner more business?
<p>I don't if it's racketeering exactly because I don't know what the stipulations are for how long term or consistent it is or what qualifies as "organized", but suppose a car wash hires someone to spray paint on cars around the neighboorhood in order to get people to go to their car wash. What kind of crime is that? </p>

<p>The sprayer commits vandalism (criminal damage, or however your legal system treats it). The car wash owners are probably guilty of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_(criminal)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">conspiracy</a> and possibly have civil liability to the car owners if the sprayer cannot or does not pay. The car owners are not at fault (one comment mentions insurance fraud, but even if they know the car wash is doing this and claim on insurance, it would only be fraud if they assisted or encouraged the sprayer).</p>
