
Artak Medjbarian, 33, of Sherman Oaks was accused by federal prosecutors of trying to steal $163,000 worth of beef from a Nebraska meat facility.Â
After pleading guilty Monday, Medjbarian faces up to five years in prison, the prosecutors said.
The accusations said he conspired with others in January 2012 to steal meat  by pretending to be freight haulers from an Arizona trucking company, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office press release issued last week.
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Sentencing will take place in October.
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