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LOS ANGELES - Burglars tunneled through walls of two businesses to get to the vault at Pichinte Tax and Multi Services in South Los Angeles . But the physical damage is not half as brutal as the loss for a critical family business in South LA.

"They took everything my father and family have worked 15 years to put together," says Jennifer Pichinte, who works alongside her dad offering insurance, DMV registrations, tax consulting, and MoneyGram services.

The cash in the vault was not their money; it was MoneyGram's, to be used by customers. So the family has to pay everything back. They service a community in a high-risk area, so they have not been able to get insurance for the business, and their savings were also in the vault.

"We've lost everything," says Jose Pichinte,

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