A 73-year-old Massachusetts man, whose 40-foot yacht was seized and held for 23 months amid suspicions he had set fire to it to collect on the insurance, has filed a federal lawsuit against Connecticut officials.

Charles Richards filed his lawsuit Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. He names eight defendants, including police and fire officials from Old Saybrook and neighboring East Lyme. Richards claims that after a caller reported a fire in his yacht’s cabin in June 2017, police seized the 2006 Formula 400SS yacht from Between the Bridge Marina in Old Saybrook, where it was on land, and towed it to an impound lot.