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Video shows brazen jewelry store robbery in Manhattan’s Diamond District

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) — Police are searching for three men who robbed a jewelry store in Midtown Manhattan Sunday.Sources say the thieves got away with millions of dollars in jewelry from safes and display cases.Police are releasing parts of the surveillance video in their attempt to track down the robbers….

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La Jolla Jewelry Thieves Posed as Water Crew: Police Seek Help Flushing Out 2

Authorities reached out to the public Tuesday for help in identifying a pair of thieves who posed as utility workers in order to get into the home of a retirement-age La Jolla resident and steal valuables.The two men showed up at the unnamed victim’s house on the afternoon of Aug. 9, identifying themselves as water-department employees and claiming that they were there to test the plumbing at the residence, according to San Diego police….

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Monroeville jewel heist ringleader from Ohio gets federal prison

The Ohio mastermind behind a $1.1 million jewelry theft at a Monroeville hotel in April 2016 was sentenced Monday to 30 months in federal prison.A judge in Cincinnati imposed that term on Amit Patel, 49, of Mason, Ohio, who had pleaded guilty to robbing two New York traveling jewelry salesmen at a jewelry show at the Monroeville convention center.Patel will also have to pay $1.1 million in restitution, which represents the value of the diamonds, gold and gems he stole with the help of four compatriots….

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Guidelines 3/2019 on processing of personal data through video devices

The European Data Protection Board welcomes comments on the Guidelines 3/2019 on processing of personal data through video devices.Such comments should be sent to EDPB@edpb.europa.eu by 09/09/2019 at the latest….

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Colombian National Sentenced To Prison After Extradition To Pittsburgh On Jewel Robbery

PITTSBURGH (KDKA)–A Colombian national who’s allegedly part of a theft ring targeting traveling jewelry salesmen has been sentenced to prison after being extradited to Pittsburgh.Oscar Javier Rodriguez Roa, 36, of Bogota, Columbia was sentenced to 33 months in prison by federal judge Donetta W. Ambrose….

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Even when you’re the second-richest person in the country, life can still pose its extreme challenges. Johann Rupert has learned that the hard way this week, after a warehouse belonging to his Richemont Luxury Goods company was the target of a daring jewellery raid. As reported by the Sunday Times, a case of business robbery was under investigation at the Rivonia-based facility. It’s understood that multiple robbers turned up to the property on Friday night, which is responsible for the global distribution of luxury Richemont jewellery: Rupert has made his name as a luxury watch manufacturer, too

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2 taken into custody with masks at Seybold Jewelry Building in downtown Miami

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MIAMI (WSVN) – Two people wearing masks have been taken into custody at the Seybold Jewelry Building in downtown Miami.The detainees were escorted out of the building along Northeast First Street, near North Miami Avenue, Tuesday night….

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G4S driver jailed after stealing cash from vehicle he was driving

A G4S driver who stole £1million from the cash-in-transit vehicle he was driving has been jailed. Joel March, 36 (14.09.1982) of Rectory Grove, SW4 was sentenced to four years and four months’ imprisonment at Inner London Crown Court today, Friday 26 July. He previously pleaded guilty to theft and concealing criminal property at Camberwell Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 25 April.

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Armed robbers take off with $40 million worth of gold from airport cargo terminal in Brazil

Authorities in Brazil are looking for several armed robbers who took two hostages and stole a trove of gold and other precious metals worth about $40 million from an airport cargo terminal Thursday. The suspects posed as police officers at Sao Paulo international airport and drove away with the valuables, which was bound for New York and Zurich, Reuters reported.

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FBI, Romanians Unite to Bust Credit Card Skimming Network

Romanian prosecutors on Thursday said they had worked together with the FBI and Mexican police to crack a major international crime gang that specialized in cloning credit cards and stealing money from them.

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