Category: Torrance

Ex-DMV Office Manager to be Sentenced for Taking Bribes

May 18, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—The former manager of DMV’s Lincoln Park office faces up to 20 years behind bars when sentenced in August for taking bribes to approve driver’s licenses for people who could not otherwise pass their driving exams. Jovana T. Nettles, 44, of Norwalk, pleaded guilty May 17 to a federal mail fraud charge, admitting she…

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Southern California Siblings Charged in $6 Million Real Estate Scam

April 7, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—A Southern California brother-and-sister team were arrested April 6 on federal charges alleging they orchestrated a $6 million real estate fraud scam in which they listed homes without the owners’ consent and collected money from multiple would-be buyers for each of the not-for-sale homes. Adolfo Schoneke, 43, of Torrance, and Bianca Gonzalez, also known…

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Torrance Teens Bring Holiday Cheer to Seniors

December 23, 2020
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A pair of siblings in Torrance, California, turned a personal tragedy into a Christmastime blessing for local seniors. Karis Choi, 16, and her 15-year-old brother, Kyler, learned in June that their great-grandmother had died in a South Korean senior-care center. “We were devastated,” Karis told The Epoch Times. “My heart broke thinking of how isolated…

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