When Vintage Violins Are Stolen, Someone Has to Face the Music

An Irvine man posed as a collector to borrow the expensive instruments, then sold them to an LA dealer, prosecutors say.

Surveillance images of the suspect in the April 2 robbery of an Irvine bank. Irvine Police Department

A 57-year-old Irvine man is accused of stealing expensive violins and later robbing a bank when the pressure was on.

Mark Meng was charged May 7 with bank robbery and wire fraud, prosecutors said.