IRVINE, Calif. ( KTLA) – A California man convicted of orchestrating a scheme to steal valuable violins, and then robbing a ...

By Matt Stevens Reporting from Los ... Meng, who pleaded guilty in September to one count of wire fraud and one count of bank robbery, was sentenced Wednesday to 46 months in federal prison. A ...

But Meng kept the instruments and eventually sold them to a violin dealer in Los Angeles who was unaware of the scheme. Among the violins stolen was an 1823 Lorenzo Ventapane violin valued at $ ...