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Arcadia resident, Ruixue "Serena" Shi, gets 20-year sentence for Coachella Valley fraud involving $22.8 million in funds for a condominium and hotel complex called Hyde Resorts and Residences Coachella Valley. Shi was president and owner of Global House Buyer (GHB), a China-based real estate development company, and also was CEO of the Beverly Hills-based company Hyde Morgan Development, LLC. Chinese investors in the Hyde project were falsely promised visas through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36374
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 24, 2022
Pages
p. 8, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 24, 2022
Pages
p. 8, 14
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Fraud
Global House Buyer
Hyde Morgan Development, LLC
Shi, Ruixue "Serena"
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia woman Ruixue "Serena" Shi, 37, pleaded guilty to soliciting $22.8 million in funds for a condominium and hotel project scheme. The crime is one federal count of wire fraud, which has a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 3, 7, October 28, 2021.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36090
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2021
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2021
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Shi, Ruixue "Serena"
Wire fraud
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Newspaper Index
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Woman gets 20 years in prison for bilking investors. Ruixue "Serena" Shi, 38, of Arcadia, bilked investors in a Southern California hotel and condominium project of at least $26 million. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 8, 14, November 24, 2022.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36378
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2022
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2022
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Fraud
Global House Buyer
Hyde Morgan Development, LLC
Shi, Ruixue "Serena"
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Newspaper Index
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Chinese company's Arcadia subsidiary to pay more than $1 million in Los Angeles City Hall bribery case. Jia Yuan USA Co., Inc. part of China-based Shenzhen Hazens, is a developer that bribed LA City officials to secure official acts to benefit their real estate projects.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35851
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 15, 2020
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Bribery
Jia Yuan USA Co.
City of Los Angeles
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Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia man accused of lying, losing millions of investors' money. James Arthur McDonald, Jr. former CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Hercules Investments LLC and Index Strategy Advisors Inc. was charged with one count of securities fraud. Prosecutors claim McDonald lost clients of his Los Angeles-based firm Hercules millions of dollars in late 2020. He had been renting a home in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36351
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2022
Pages
p. A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 22, 2022
Pages
p. A8
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Fraud
McDonald, James Arthur
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Newspaper Index
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Arraignment delayed again for double murder suspect Deyun "Jeff" Shi-new date May 18. He needs more time to collect funds from China for his defense.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34546
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 5, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 5, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 17
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Lin, Anthony
Lin, William
Murders
Shi, Deyun aka Shi, Jeff
Item ID
34744AN
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Newspaper Index
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Former TV finance analyst from Arcadia James Arthur McDonalds, Jr. charged with lying to investors about the health of his finance firm and failing to disclose massive losses incurred through risky investments following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. McDonald was CEO of Los Angeles-based Hercules Investments and Redondo Beach-based Index Strategy Advisors Inc. He is believed to be in hiding.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36342
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 29, 2022
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 29, 2022
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Crimes and criminals
Fraud
Hercules Investments
McDonald, James Arthur, Jr.
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Newspaper Index
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Food company executives Feng Wu Lam, who owns South El Monte based Golden Food, Inc. and her husband Wei Wen Wu, the company's manager, face insurance fraud, wage theft charges. They are accused of underreporting their payroll to workers' compensation insurance carriers by about $4.5 million between 2015 and 2019. They are both Arcadia residents.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36163
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2022
Pages
p. A3, A5
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Insurance fraud
Lam, Feng Wu
Wage theft
Workers' compensation insurance
Wu, Wei Wen
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita REAlty Enterprises has poured more than $78,000 into the campaign to defeat Measure M, the Nov. 5 ballot measure to give voters veto power over the development of an entertainment complex near the company's race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8014
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 10, 1996
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 10, 1996
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Election, Local - 1996
Item ID
7975AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Colony Investors, a Los Angeles based real estate investment fund, will invest $138.3 million in the Santa Anita Companies.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25733
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 22, 1996
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Colony Investors
Santa Anita Companies
Item ID
25933AN
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A profile of Belinda Stronach, daughter of Frank Stronach whose company Magna Entertainment Corp. owns Santa Anita Park. Belinda has resigned as President and CEO of Toronto-based Magna International, Inc. to run for a seat in the House of Commons.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27841
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Stronach, Belinda
Item ID
28038AN
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Dennis Mills, vice chairman and CEO of Canada-based MI Developments, which owns Santa Anita Park, said the company will be unveiling a new business plan. This new business plan has many horse racing industry people worried about the future.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32078
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Horse racing
MI Developments (MID)
Mills, Dennis
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Item ID
32275AN
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Singpoli, an Arcadia-based investment and development firm, bought a 1.6 acre property at Lake Avenue and Union Street in Pasadena and plans to build a $60 million mixed use project, including a 165-room hotel and condo complex with 60 units. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 11, May 11, 2017.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34869
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 2017
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 6, 2017
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Business and Industry
Development
Item ID
35059AN
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Steve Burd, Safeway chairman and CEO, told analysts that parent company of Arcadia-based Vons/Pavilions expects to continue rebounding from the 5-month labor strike that ended March 2004. Safeway reversed losses with a $202.7 million fourth-quarter profit in 2004.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29428
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2005
Pages
p. C3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 22, 2005
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Safeway
Vons / Pavilions --profits and earnings
Labor strikes
Item ID
29612AN
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A Los Angeles-based investment firm will infuse the Santa Anita Cos. with $138.3 million to transform the race track and shopping mall business into a broad-based sports, leisure and entertainment company.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper7324
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 1996
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 1996
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Company
Item ID
7213AN
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Shares of Safeway Inc. fell 4.5 percent after the Pleasanton-based parent company of Arcadia-based Vons/Pavilions said it expects second-quarter earnings will be below Wall Street estimates.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29509
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2005
Pages
p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 4, 2005
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Safeway Inc.
Vons/Pavilions
Business and Industry
Supermarkets
Item ID
29693AN
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Newspaper Index
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On September 1, Van Nuys-based BEGL Construction Company will begin construction on the Ruth and Charles Gilb Historical Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27691
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 17, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 17, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Museums - Ruth and Charles Gilb Historical Museum
Item ID
27888AN
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Post Alarm, Arcadia-based security company celebrates its 60th year of continuous operation. The third generation family-owned and operated company was founded in 1956 by former police chief Sam Post.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34716
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 10, 2016
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 10, 2016
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Businesses
Post Alarm
Post, Rob
Post, Sam
Post-Franco, Gina
Item ID
34908AN
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The dissolution of the agreement between the city and Republic Development Company will take effect this week. Republic has been working for close to three years on the redevelopment project along Huntington Dr. City Council has, in effect, voted against the use of eminent domain making it impossible for the Development Company to talk to buyers.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1281
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 31, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 31, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Community Redevelopment
Item ID
1280AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia-based company Solar Webb, Inc. offers alternative sources of electricity with solar electric generator systems for homes and businesses.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32723
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 23
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 23
Subjects
Business and Industry
Electricity
Energy
Solar Webb, Inc.
Item ID
32920AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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