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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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An Arcadia man, David Frederick Thornton, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of impersonating a federal officer. Charges included his defrauding donors to his Thornton Kidney Research Foundation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25304
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 18, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Thornton, David Frederick
Fraud
Scams
Thornton Kidney Research Foundation
Item ID
25502AN
Collection
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Bradbury man Steve Chen, CEO of U.S. Fine Investment Arts, Inc. Gem Coin, and other companies, allegedly conspired to commit fraud with his Arcadia-based marketing company, to plead guilty. He promised potential investors gemstones from their mines along with valuable digital currency. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 4, February 27, 2020.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2020
Pages
p. A4, A4
Subjects
Chen, Steve
Crime and Criminals
Cryptocurrency
Fine Investment Arts, Inc.
Gem Coin
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Four Chinese investors are plaintiffs suing San Gabriel consulting firm California Investment Immigration Fund. Plaintiffs believed they were investing $500,000 in U.S. businesses in return for green cards. FBI allege the scheme was fraud and raided the firm and homes of lawyer Victoria Chan, her father Tat Chan, his wife Zheng Chan, in April.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34888
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 23, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 23, 2017
Pages
p. A3, A9
Subjects
Chan, Tat
Chan, Victoria
Chan, Zheng
EB-5 Visa Program
Fraud
Lawsuits
Li, Song Yao
Li, Ting
Xia, Yeqing
Zeng, Fang
Zhang, Rui
Item ID
35078AN
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Forty-nine year old Arcadia man Terchi Liao, aka Nelson Liao, was allegedly running a Ponzi scheme, conning people nationwide into investing in two firms he controlled, AOB Commerce Inc. and AOB Asia Fund I LLC. A federal judge has frozen Liao's assets.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30617
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2007
Pages
p. News 7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 14, 2007
Pages
p. News 7
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Liao, Terchi aka Liao, Nelson
Ponzi schemes
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Item ID
30805AN
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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
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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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Monrovia man Yi Chen gets 4 years in prison for fraud in a student visa scheme to get Chinese immigrants into the U.S. unlawfully. From June 2015-February 2021, Chen was the CEO and owner of two so-called educational consulting companies in Alhambra and Arcadia that charged foreign students thousands of dollars for "guaranteed" admission to a college that would lead to the issuance of an F-1 student visa. See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 2, October 6, 2022.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 5, 2022
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 5, 2022
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Chen, Yi "Brian"
Crime and Criminals
Fraud
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Birth. To Rev. and Mrs. Arthur F. Dahlberg, Jr., Feb. 9.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper13334
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 24, 1955
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 24, 1955
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Dahlberg, Arthur Eric
Item ID
13538AN
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Biographic sketch of Arthur Bogle - Arcadia's "Good Humor" man.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29678
Newspaper
The Journal
Date
March 15, 1950
Pages
p. 2 (See basement box 112.)
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The Journal
Date
March 15, 1950
Pages
p. 2 (See basement box 112.)
Subjects
Bogle, Arthur
Item ID
29863AN
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Ruixue "Serena" Shi, 36, of Arcadia, was arrested for allegedly swindling more than $20 million that was solicited for funding a condominium and hotel complex called Hyde Resorts and Residences in 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.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 25, 2020
Pages
p. 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 25, 2020
Pages
p. 3
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Fraud
Shi, Ruixue "Serena"
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Arcadia firm GemCoin proves it owns amber mines in Caribbean, backing E-currency (cryptocurrency), despite earlier claims those mines did not exist. Still, there is no evidence GemCoin's digital currency had any revenue backing it beyond the funds generated from investors, according to court-appointed company tasked with going through U.S. Fine Investment Art Inc.'s books. Investigators found 300 acres of land in Dominican Republic, with a working mine, purchased for $373,000 in the name of CEO Steve Chen's brother Yan Chen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34724
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Chen, Steve
Chen, Yan
Cryptocurrency
Gemcoin
U.S. Fine Investment Art Inc.
Item ID
34916AN
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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2021
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 27, 2021
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Shi, Ruixue "Serena"
Wire fraud
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Birth. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Homer McDonald.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper6652
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 27, 1942
Pages
p. 4
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 27, 1942
Pages
p. 4
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
McDonald, son
Item ID
6464AN
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McDonald's Corporation celebrates its official 50th anniversary today. The McDonald brothers' first food outlet was an orange juice stand and furniture store in Arcadia called Wigwam.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29477
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 15, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
McDonald's Restaurants--golden anniversary
Business and Industry
Airdrome
Eateries
Wigwam
McDonald, Richard
McDonald, Maurice ("Big Mac")
Item ID
29662AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. McDonald.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10499
Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
November 27, 1950
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Bulletin
Date
November 27, 1950
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
McDonald, Michael Howard
Item ID
10439AN
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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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Newspaper
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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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. James H. McDonald, Aug. 27.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 8, 1955
Pages
p. 13
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 8, 1955
Pages
p. 13
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
McDonald, daughter
Item ID
13968AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Teodore C. McDonald, Dec. 22.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper14005
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 5, 1956
Pages
p. 15
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 5, 1956
Pages
p. 15
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
McDonald, daughter
Item ID
14565AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. McDonald, Dec. 25.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11775
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 1, 1953
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 1, 1953
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
McDonald, son
Item ID
11981AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. McDonald, Mar. 12.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10721
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
March 22, 1951
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
March 22, 1951
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
McDonald, son
Item ID
10647AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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