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Feds move to seize homes in San Gabriel Valley, Rancho Cucamonga. The properties were allegedly purchased with millions in proceeds from what FBi investigators said was a fraudulent visa program. Victoria Chan and her father Tat Chan exploited the EB-5 visa program which offers legal permanent residence in the U.S. for foreign nationals who make job-creating investments of $500,000 or more in U.S. companies.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34889
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2017
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 26, 2017
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
California Investment Immigration Fund
Chan, Tat
Chan, Victoria
EB-5 Visa Program
Fraud
Item ID
35079AN
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Arcadia's Beverly Chan to be inducted into BIOLA University's Honor Society Epsilon Kappa Epsilon (EKE).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35029
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 14, 2017
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 14, 2017
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Chan, Beverly
Item ID
35220AN
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Newspaper Index
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A recent report filed in federal court says Gemcoin's scam collected $164 million. Initially, investigators linked Gemcoin to $32 million in fraudulent investment. Steven Chen, his company U.S. Fine Investment Arts Inc., and Gemcoin (digital currency backed by precious gem reserves and amber mines) are accused of a "worldwide pyramid scheme."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34615
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2016
Pages
p. A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 24, 2016
Pages
p. A7
Subjects
Chen, Steven
Crime and Criminals
Fraud
Gemcoin
Seaman, Thomas
U.S. Fine Investment Arts Inc.
Item ID
34807AN
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Arcadia firm US Fine Investment Arts (USFIA) is charged in fraud. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleges operator used GemCoin in a worldwide pyramid scheme, allegedly bilking investors out of $32 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34317
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 3, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Chen, Steve
Gemcoin (company)
US Fine Investment Arts, Inc. (USFIA)
Wuo, John
Item ID
34510AN
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A jury convicted DeQiang Song, 24 of Monterey Park, of the kidnapping and attempted murder of a 21-year-old woman, who he knew through a mutual friend, after taking her on a trip to Westfield Santa Anita shopping mall in Arcadia on September 8, 2010. He then took her to a remote area of desert in San Bernardino County and bound her, strangled her, sliced her throat with a knife and left her for dead. She survived. Song asked the victim's father for $10,000 in ransom money. He will be sentenced April 26 in Alhambra Superior Court.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32887
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 17, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Song, DeQiang
Item ID
33084AN
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Newspaper Index
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SEC reports show Gemcoin, USFIA were set up to 'defraud investors.' USFIA claimed it had amber mines, millions in precious gems, and other assets to back up its digital currency called Gemcoin, but none of that was real.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34499
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 20, 2016
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 20, 2016
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Chen, Steven
Cryptocurrency
Fraud
Gemcoin (company)
Liu, Long Z.
Ponzi scheme
US Fine Investment Arts, Inc. (USFIA)
United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Wuo, John
Zhao, Jennifer aka Zhao, Li
Item ID
34691AN
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Deqiang Song, 26, of Monterey Park, gets life in prison without possibility of parole, for the crime of kidnapping for ransom, and a second sentence of life in prison plus four years, for the attempted murder of his then 21-year-old victim. Song met his victim through a mutual friend and took her to Westfield Santa Anita mall in Arcadia on September 8, 2010. Then he took her to a remote area of desert in San Bernardino County. He strangled the woman and slit her throat. He called her father for ransom. She survived.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32970
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2012
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 11, 2012
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Song, DeQiang
Trials
Item ID
33167AN
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Arcadia couple Edward Chen, aka Jianqiao Chen, Jian Qiao Chen, and Jian Chen aka Jing Jiang and Jean Jiang, accused of fraud involving defrauding investors through EB-5 visa schemes. The couple's companies raised more than $22.5 million from 45 Chinese investors, purportedly to build an interior design center in Ontario and a condominium building in Los Angeles. See also "Arcadia couple faces court hearing for stealing $12 million," Arcadia Weekly, p. 1,3 October 5, 2017.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34970
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A8
Subjects
Chen, Edward
Chen, Jian Qiao
Chen, Jianqiao
Crime and Criminals
Jiang, Jing
Jiang, Jean
Fraud
Item ID
35160AN
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Thomas Seaman, investigator of alleged Gemcoin fraud, issues first report. It reveals mounting evidence of fraudulent activity by Arcadia businessman Steve Chen a.k.a. Li Chen or Chen Li, whose business was at 135 E. Live Oak Ave., currently in receivership.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34350
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 26, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 26, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Chen, Steve aka Li Chen or Chen Li
Chen, Mo
Gemcoin (company)
Seaman, Thomas
Zhao, Jennifer aka Li Zhao or Zhao Li
Item ID
34543AN
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41-year-old female Xiaolin Li, a resident of Arcadia, was stabbed and murdered on January 7, 2014 at an apartment in the 900 block of Arcadia Avenue. The arrested suspect was identified as the victim's father-in-law Li Zhu, a 68-year-old resident of Arcadia. The motive appears to be related to an on-going dispute within the family. The victim and suspect resided together.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33720
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Li, Xiaolin
Li, Zhu
Murders
Item ID
33916AN
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Li Zhu, a 68-year-old Arcadia man suspected in the death of his daughter-in-law, Xiaolin Li, was found dead in his jail cell at Twin Towers Correctional Facility at 450 Bauchett Street in Los Angeles. Deputies found him hanging in his cell, in an apparent suicide.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33728
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2014
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p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2014
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Li, Xiaolin
Li, Zhu
Murders
Suicides
Item ID
33924AN
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The coroner's spokesperson Craig Harvey, says an autopsy has confirmed that Li Zhu died of asphyxia, and the death was ruled a suicide. Li Zhu was a 68-year-old Arcadia man found hanging in his jail cell on January 8. He was arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his daughter-in-law, Xiaolin Li, in the 900 block of Arcadia Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33729
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2014
Pages
p. A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 15, 2014
Pages
p. A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Li, Xiaolin
Li, Zhu
Murders
Suicides
Item ID
33925AN
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GemCoin ruled a pyramid scheme by federal judge.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34775
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 5, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 5, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Chen, Steve
Gemcoin
Ponzi scheme
Item ID
34966AN
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Arcadia man Ziwen Li, 30, arrested in attempted robbery of $50,000 from a man who arranged to meet Li to buy a used car, a Porsche Cayenne. See also Arcadia Weekly, May 4, 2017, p. 1, 13.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34865
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 2, 2017
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 2, 2017
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Li, Ziwen
Item ID
35055AN
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Arcadia wine seller Rudy Kurniawan, 35, was arrested on suspicion of trying to sell $1.3 million worth of counterfeit wine and fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in loans.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32896
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2012
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 9, 2012
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Fraud
Kurniawan, Rudy
Item ID
33093AN
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Rio Hondo School's American flag, which once flew at American bases in Iraq, will be deployed with troops in Afghanistan. Students Johnny Luong and Stephanie Li fold the flag before presenting it to Army Major Williams Darwin.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33156
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 14, 2012
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 14, 2012
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Flags
Li, Stephanie
Luong, Johnny
Rio Hondo School
Item ID
33353AN
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Troubles mount in GemCoin (digital currency) scheme. Arcadia company is accused of scamming investors out of millions in a pyramid scheme since 2013, possibly earlier. Arcadia Councilman John Wuo denies any involvement, even after YouTube videos surfaced showing him at Gemcoin marketing events.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34318
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 2, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Chen, Steve
Gemcoin (company)
Johnson, Leonard Stacy
US Fine Investment Arts, Inc. (USFIA)
Wuo, John
Zhao, Weiwen (Wayne)
Item ID
34511AN
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Bold Chieftain with jockey Russell Baze and trainer William Morey, Jr., won the $500,000 Sunshine Millions Classic at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31884
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2010
Pages
p. C1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2010
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Baze, Russell
Horses and horse racing
Morey, William, Jr.
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Sunshine Millions Classic
Item ID
32081AN
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Spotlight on Rose Queen Victoria Castellanos and the princesses of the Royal Court. Two of them, Maya Khan and Lauren Powers, are from Arcadia High School.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34733
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 10, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 10, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A9
Subjects
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade
Rose Queen and Royal Court
Castellanos, Victoria
Khan, Maya
Powers, Lauren
Item ID
34925AN
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Martial arts champion, Hollywood actress, and stunt woman, Jing Li, is a martial arts instructor at Washu Action Star Academy in Temple City. She will be a guest at the Arcadia Branch of the American Association of University Women on Monday, November 12. She will present a program about Washu, an exhibition, and full contact sport, and view the documentary film "Autumn Gem," in which Jing Li has a starring role. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 12, November 1, 2012.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33185
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 27, 2012
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
October 27, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Actors and actresses
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Li, Jing
Martial arts
Item ID
33382AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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