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A Los Angeles influencer accused of targeting affluent victims earlier stealing from them is backmost down bars aft authorities said she allegedly removed her ankle show portion awaiting trial.

Adva Lavie, 28, who besides goes by Mia Ventura, was arrested Tuesday nighttime successful Beverly Hills conscionable months aft she was released connected physics monitoring portion awaiting proceedings connected felony burglary charges.

Prosecutors said Lavie violated the conditions of her merchandise by allegedly removing the physics show she was ordered to wear. A justice has since revoked her release, ordered her held without bail and scheduled a bail reappraisal proceeding for Friday successful Van Nuys.

Court records besides amusement Lavie was arrested connected an outstanding Riverside County warrant successful a abstracted expansive theft case.

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Adva Lavie, besides  known arsenic  Mia Ventura, is shown successful  a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department peculiar   bulletin

Adva Lavie, besides known arsenic Mia Ventura, is shown successful a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department peculiar bulletin. (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)

Newly obtained tribunal records amusement Riverside County prosecutors charged Lavie successful April with felony expansive theft aft accusing her of stealing much than $11,000 worthy of luxury items during the 2025 Coachella Music Festival.

Prosecutors said Lavie failed to look for her scheduled May arraignment, prompting a justice to contented a $20,000 apprehension warrant. As of Thursday afternoon, she had not yet been booked into Riverside County, and nary in-custody arraignment had been scheduled.

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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department bulletin showing fishy  Adva Lavie and vehicles tied to a burglary investigation.

Adva Lavie, besides known arsenic Mia Ventura, is shown successful a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department peculiar bulletin alongside vehicles authorities said were linked to a residential burglary bid targeting victims done dating apps. (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)

The Riverside lawsuit centers connected allegations that Lavie stole an astir $8,600 Rolex watch, Louis Vuitton Aviator sunglasses valued astatine astir $700 and a Louis Vuitton cardholder worthy astir $1,800 from a antheral she attended Coachella with.

Investigators said the antheral invited Lavie to enactment with him astatine an Airbnb successful Indio during Coachella weekend. After the brace argued, she allegedly helped herself to the luxury items from his unlocked Tesla Cybertruck earlier leaving.

According to the apprehension warrant, surveillance cameras astatine the Airbnb captured the alleged theft, and detectives aboriginal identified Lavie from the video. Investigators besides noted she was a fishy successful different expansive theft reported astatine the aforesaid property.

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Modeling photos of Adva Lavie, besides  known arsenic  Mia Ventura, who is accused successful  a Los Angeles burglary case.

Adva Lavie, besides known arsenic Mia Ventura, is shown successful modeling photos. Authorities alleged she utilized dating apps to people victims and burglarize homes crossed Los Angeles County. Left: Lavie attends Teatro Live Powered By Lemon Soda Music astatine AVALON Hollywood connected January 29, 2025, successful Los Angeles. Right: attends the 2021 Maxim Halloween enactment produced by MADE Specia astatine Hyde Nightclub connected Oct. 31, 2021 successful Los Angeles. (Paul Archuleta/Getty Images for TEATRO Live; Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)

Lavie's latest apprehension comes astir 4 months aft Los Angeles County prosecutors accused her of carrying retired a dating app burglary spree targeting affluent victims crossed Southern California.

Prosecutors allege Lavie spent years utilizing dating apps and "Sugar Daddy" websites to physique relationships with affluent older men and younger women earlier posing arsenic a woman oregon question companion to summation entree to their homes.

Adva Lavie, besides  known arsenic  Mia Ventura, posing astatine  events successful  modeling photos tied to a Los Angeles burglary case.

Adva Lavie, besides known arsenic Mia Ventura, is shown successful reddish carpet and lawsuit photos. (Paul Archuleta/Getty Images; Paul Archuleta/Getty Images for TEATRO Live; Paul Archuleta/Getty Images for Teatro)

Once inside, authorities said, she stole cash, gold, recognition cards and luxury decorator items from victims successful Westlake Village, West Hollywood, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills.

Lavie has pleaded not blameworthy to six felony charges, including 2 counts of expansive theft, 2 counts of first-degree residential burglary and 2 counts of unauthorized usage of idiosyncratic identifying information. She was released from custody connected an physics ankle show earlier her latest arrest.

When announcing the lawsuit successful March, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said prosecutors intended to beryllium Lavie exploited the spot she built done online relationships.

Nathan Hochman speaks astatine  a property   league  arsenic  Sheriff Robert Luna listens beside him

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman speaks astatine a property league alongside Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna, Tuesday, June 11, 2025, successful Los Angeles. (KTTV)

"At her trial, we volition beryllium beyond a tenable uncertainty that this suspect exploited spot built done online relationships to summation entree to victims' homes and bargain from them," Hochman said. "Her quality to deceptively power others, whether successful idiosyncratic oregon online, has present travel to an end."

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department antecedently released a nationalist bulletin identifying Lavie arsenic the fishy successful the dating app burglary probe and published photographs of luxury vehicles investigators said she drove, including a achromatic Mercedes-Benz coupe and a achromatic Porsche SUV.

Fox 11 Los Angeles antecedently reported that Lavie's fiancé, billionaire entrepreneur Stephen Cloobeck, was arrested connected abstracted felony charges alleging helium attempted to dissuade witnesses from testifying against her.

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If convicted connected each six felony counts successful the Los Angeles County case, Lavie faces up to 11 years and 8 months successful authorities prison.

Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.

Stepheny Price is simply a Writer astatine Fox News with a absorption connected West Coast and Midwest news, missing persons, nationalist and planetary transgression stories, homicide cases, and borderline security.

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