Two men were convicted of a plot to torch two houses and a car linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The fires in May 2025 damaged the home Starmer moved out of when he became prime minister, an apartment building he once owned a share of, and his former Toyota SUV. Nobody was injured in the blazes. The plot was orchestrated by a mysterious Russian-speaking figure who went by the name 'El Money', who offered Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych money through the Telegram messaging app to torch the properties and obtain video evidence to post online. El Money’s identity was never revealed and he was not charged. There was no evidence proving a hostile state orchestrated the fires because police never discovered El Money’s motive or who the figure worked for.