Residents of the San Fernando Valley will nod knowingly upon taking a look at the names of the defendents in this story on the same incident: http://www.lawfuel.com/index.php?page=press_releases&handler=focus&pressreleaseid=5793&return=blur-article
"On Monday, another defendant in the case, Arman Balabekyan pleaded guilty.... In August and September of 2005, Artur Melikyan, Nver Nazinyan, Matevos Arzumanyan and Tigran Petrosyan each pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money laundering charges in relation to the scheme.
Also yesterday, Armen Khachatryan pleaded guilty to misprison of a felony for helping to conceal the scheme related to the foreign bottles and cans."
[Artur Melikyan, Nver Nazinyan, Matevos Arzumanyan, Tigran Petrosyan, Armen Khachatryan.]
I am not from the Valley. Probably Armenians or of Armenian descent. What's your point?