A man who pretended to be an instrument collector in order to steal over $300,000 of violins and bows has been sentenced to ...

Prosecutors said that the man persuaded music stores to lend him violins worth tens of thousands of dollars on a trial basis, ...

Mark Meng of Irvine posed as a connoisseur interested in growing his collection - but instead stole instruments that area ...

Mark Meng, 58, was sentenced this week to 46 months in federal prison. He’ll face a restitution hearing in June, according to the United States Department of Justice. Last September, Meng admitted to ...

An Irvine man was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for stealing and selling high-end violins and robbing a bank, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday, March 26.

A California man was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for robbing a bank and orchestrating a scheme to steal priceless violins, some of which were 200 years old, authorities announced ...

A California man was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for robbing a bank and orchestrating a scheme to steal priceless violins, some of which were 200 years old, authorities ...