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CRIME/ACCIDENT

Koreatown ‘agency’ arranged over 600 sham marriages for green card fraud

  Individuals who operated a sham marriage green card scheme from an "agency" on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles' Koreatown have been indicted. According to...

Veteran suffering PTSD dies at scene while confronting police in Houston

  A Korean-American veteran who had been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) died during a confrontation with police officers in Houston, Texas, on December...

Teenager sentenced 5 years in youth facility for killing wig store owner

  One of two teenagers involved in last year's fatal stabbing of a store owner in the Los Angeles Fashion District during a robbery has...

Korean American dies in house explosion after several-hour standoff with police

  A Korean American suspect in his 50s died at the scene of a house explosion in Arlington County, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., on December...

Restaurateur couple charged with bribery to undercover FBI agents

    A Korean American couple who own a restaurant in San Francisco has been charged with bribing local officials and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)...

OC Cypress Police warns residents of imposter scam soliciting donations

    The Cypress Police Department has alerted the residents of Orange County to be watchful of a new scam following a surge in reports of...

Armed suspect with crowbar wanted for vandalizing 30 vehicles in Koreatown

  Los Angeles Police Department is actively seeking a suspect involved in a widespread act of vandalism in Koreatown, where approximately 30 vehicles were damaged. The...

3.5 magnitude earthquake felt near Fullerton, no damage reported

  On Evening of December 4, a 3.5 magnitude earthquake briefly shook the area east of Fullerton at 8:09 p.m., as reported by the U.S....

Disbarred Korean American lawyer pleads guilty to client fraud worth millions

  A Korean American lawyer, who was disbarred for embezzling real estate funds from clients in New York's Korean American community, continued to commit fraudulent...

Korean American auto repair owner pleads guilty to evading $3 million in taxes

  A Korean American owner of three auto maintenance and repair businesses in Orange County has been caught evading taxes by underreporting nearly 80% of...