Four people affiliated with San Fernando Valley street gangs were arrested and charged with participating in an alleged murder-for-hire plot against an Armenian organized crime boss who was allegedly involved in a power struggle to control territory, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday, Sept. 30. Instead of killing the organized crime boss, the plot ended with his wife being shot and injured in front of their two children, authorities say.

Robert Amiryan, a 47-year-old Hollywood resident and an Armenian Organized Crime leader, has allegedly been involved in a power struggle with another local leader, Ara Artuni, a 41-year-old Porter Ranch resident, since 2022, according to the DOJ. The rivals’ desire to control their local territory has led to multiple assaults, murder att

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