DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A family's luxurious suburban lifestyle has been financed by more than $20 million in fraudulent insurance claims amid a series of mansion fires and repeated reports of jewelry theft, authorities said Thursday. 
 
 This June 17, 2009 photo shows Buckingham Fire Marshal Jim Kettler examining the window of a room where a fire broke out on the second floor of this Buckingham, Pa. home. Authorities say a Pennsylvania... (Associated Press) 
 
 This undated photo provided by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General shows Claire Risoldi. The state attorney general's office announced, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, the arrest of the 67-year-old... (Associated Press) 
 
 This Oct. 2013 photo shows firefighters from several area companies fighting a house fire in Buckingham, Pa. Authorities say a Pennsylvania family's luxurious lifestyle has been financed by more than... (Associated Press) 
 
 An investigation began after a 2013 fire at the stately home Claire Risoldi shared with relatives in Doylestown, an hour's drive north of Philadelphia. It was the third blaze in five years at the property, which she dubbed Clairemont, authorities said. 
 
 Risoldi had falsely accused volunteer firefighters of stealing 55 pieces of jewelry worth more than $10 million while battling the flames, according to a grand jury presentment. The family's jewelry collection had included two items valued at $106,000 only four months earlier, officials said. 
 
 Authorities said the ensuing probe uncovered a decades-long pattern of questionable insurance claims by Risoldi. She still possessed jewelry she reported stolen in 1993, according to investigators. She had reported another jewelry theft from a different home in 1984 and a house fire in 1977. 
 
 As a result of the investigation, authorities seized about $7 million in family assets, including $3 million in bank accounts, $1.2 million in jewelry, six Ferraris and two Rolls-Royces. 
 
 The state attorney general's office charged Risoldi, 67, with counts including conspiracy, attempted theft by deception, witness intimidation and forgery. Six other people, including her husband, two children and daughter-in-law, also face charges. 
 
 Risoldi, who is free after posting bail, isn't living at the Doylestown home and couldn't be located for comment Thursday. Her daughter's lawyer had no comment. 
 
 Officials haven't determined the causes of the Doylestown fires, but they said large amounts of highly flammable material had been placed near the origin of each blaze. Video from the home's security system in 2013 showed Risoldi leaving a minute before smoke was visible outside the house, authorities said. 
 
 An insurance company has paid out more than $20 million for the three fires but is fighting the most recent jewelry claim. Physical evidence "proved that the jewelry could not have possibly been stolen in the manner described by the Risoldis," the grand jury presentment said. ||||| Five members of a Bucks County family and two others are accused of conspiring to defraud insurance companies in excess of $20 million, Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane said. 
 
 Five members of a Bucks County family are accused of conspiring to defraud insurance companies in excess of $20 million to live an "excessively extravagant lifestyle," Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced Thursday.67-year-old Claire A. Risoldi along with her 64-year-old husband Thomas French, her 48-year-old son Carl Risoldi, her 48-year-old daughter Carla Risoldi, her 43-year-old daughter-in-law Sheila Risoldi, as well as 54-year-old Mark Goldman, a private investigator, and 51-year-old Richard Holston, a fabric vendor turned themselves into authorities Thursday morning.The investigation resulted in the seizure of approximately $7 million in assets, which the Attorney General called "fruits of the crimes" that could be used for restitution upon conviction. The assets included approximately $3 million in seized bank accounts, $1.2 million in jewelry, and six Ferraris, two Rolls Royces, one Cobra, and four other vehicles worth $2.8 million.According to the Grand Jury presentment, the investigation began after an October 2013 fire at Claire Risoldi's home in New Hope, Bucks County, or "Clairemont," as she referred to it.Officials say this was the third fire to occur at Clairemont in the past five years, including one in June 2009 and another in August 2010.Risoldi lived in the home with her husband, son, and daughter-in-law.Following each of the fires, the Risoldis filed insurance claims with their insurance carrier, which to date has paid out in excess of $20 million in claims for the three fires.The Risoldis are also seeking $20 million more in insurance claims for the fire, including $10 million for jewelry that the Grand Jury found Claire Risoldi falsely accused the volunteer firefighters, who extinguished the blaze, of stealing.According to the presentment, the official cause of each fire was "undetermined," which could include that the fires may not be accidental. In the case of all three fires, the Grand Jury found that there were large quantities of highly flammable materials stockpiled near the points of origin.Officials say video from a home security system inside Clairemont showed Claire Risoldi left the home a minute before smoke was visible outside and may have been inside while it was burning, which contradicts what she told both law enforcement and insurance representatives.Authorities say the Grand Jury reviewed evidence that established the Risoldi family had a 20-to 30-year history of filing questionable insurance claims. In one case, officials say, it was discovered in August 2014 that Claire Risoldi still possessed jewelry she claimed was stolen in 1993.Officials say the Risoldis increased the value of jewelry covered by their insurance policy from $100,000 to nearly $11 million. The final increase in coverage reportedly occurred a mere 25 days before the 2013 fire.The presentment says Claire, Carl and Carla Risoldi facilitated the receipt of invoices inflated more than ten-fold for Romanesque murals inside Clairemont depicting the family "in flowing robes gazing down from the heavens."It says the Risoldis, with assistance and false testimony from Holston, attempted to obtain $2 million for damaged window treatments at Clairemont.Officials say Claire Risoldi waged a campaign of intimidation of witnesses, including threatening an insurance adjustor and an attorney that was involved in one of the real estate transactions, whom she also attempted to bribe to change her testimony.They were arraigned and released after posting bail.The following are the list of charges:Claire A. Risoldi, Doylestown, Bucks County, is charged with one count each of: corrupt organizations, attempted theft by deception, receiving stolen property, conspiracy to commit theft by deception, intimidation of witnesses or victims, obstructing the administration of law, tampering with public records, criminal use of a communication facility, false reports to law enforcement and insurance fraud; two counts each of: dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities and theft by deception; and three counts of forgery.Carl A. Risoldi, Doylestown, Bucks County, is charged with one count each of: corrupt organizations, theft by deception, attempted theft by deception, conspiracy to commit theft by deception, intimidation of witnesses or victims, obstructing the administration of law, tampering with public records, criminal use of a communication facility and false reports to law enforcement; two counts each of: dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities and insurance fraud; and three counts of forgery.Carla V. Risoldi, Doylestown, Bucks County, is charged with one count each of: corrupt organizations, theft by deception, attempted theft by deception, conspiracy to commit theft by deception, intimidation of witnesses or victims, obstructing the administration of law, tampering with public records, criminal use of a communication facility and false reports to law enforcement; two counts each of: dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities and insurance fraud; and three counts of forgery.Sheila M. Risoldi, Doylestown, Bucks County, is charged with one count each of: corrupt organizations, theft by deception, attempted theft by deception, intimidation of witnesses or victims, obstructing the administration of law, tampering with public records, criminal use of a communication facility and false reports to law enforcement; two counts each of: dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, insurance fraud and attempted theft by deception; and three counts of forgery.Thomas J. French, Doylestown, Bucks County, is charged with one count each of: corrupt organizations, theft by deception, attempted theft by deception, conspiracy to commit theft by deception, intimidation of witnesses or victims, obstructing the administration of law, tampering with public records, criminal use of a communication facility, false reports to law enforcement and insurance fraud; two counts each of: dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities and insurance fraud; and three counts of forgery.Mark Goldman, Wayne, Chester County, is charged with one count each of: corrupt organizations, theft by deception, attempted theft by deception, conspiracy to commit theft by deception, intimidation of witnesses or victims, obstructing the administration of law, tampering with public records, criminal use of a communication facility and false reports to law enforcement; two counts each of: dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities and insurance fraud; and three counts of forgery.Richard Holston, Medford, New Jersey, is charged with one count each of: corrupt organizations, insurance fraud, obstructing the administration of law, theft by deception and perjury.
– What kind of people would set their home on fire, then falsely accuse volunteer firefighters of stealing $10 million in jewelry? The Risoldi clan of Bucks County, Pa., might fit the bill, according to prosecutors. The family fell under suspicion of fraud after a fire at Claire Risoldi's "Clairemont" mansion in 2013—the third fire in five years—which was followed by huge insurance claims, 6 ABC reports. According to a grand jury presentment, although the cause of all three fires is officially "undetermined," large amounts of highly flammable material had been placed near the origin of the blazes, and home security video shows Claire Risoldi leaving the home just a minute before smoke appeared in the 2013 blaze, which contradicts the account she gave to cops and insurance representatives. Authorities say Risoldi falsely accused the firefighters of taking 55 pieces of jewelry—and the family had increased the insurance coverage on the jewelry from $100,000 to nearly $11 million just 25 days before the blaze. Risoldi, 67, has been charged with conspiracy, attempted theft by deception, witness intimidation, and forgery, reports the AP. Her husband, two children, and a daughter-in-law are among six other people charged in the case. Prosecutors say the family used fraud to fund an "excessively extravagant lifestyle"; the insurance company has paid out more than $20 million in claims for the three fires, and Risoldi had also allegedly made other questionable insurance claims. Around $7 million in family assets have been seized, including $3 million in cash, six Ferraris, and two Rolls-Royces.