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FBI – Jewelry & Gem Theft

The FBI’s Jewelry & Gem Theft program—created in 1992—offers investigative assistance and intelligence on theft groups to law enforcement and partners with the jewelry industry to create a unified and coordinated approach to this crime threat. The FBI is involved in this types are thefts for several reasons: The thefts usually cross state and even national boundaries—so they need a federal agency with offices across the nation and overseas to investigate these highly mobile jewelry thieves; these crimes are increasingly committed by organized criminal enterprises or theft groups that likewise require a federal agency with tough laws and with offices across the U.S. and overseas; and these groups are often involved in other kinds of organized crime activities already under scrutiny by the FBI.

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Police release photos of persons of interest in $500,000 Fashion Valley heist

SAN DIEGO — Police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down ten people that made away with $500,000 worth of merchandise in a Fashion Valley Mall burglary spree last month……

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Austin Jeweler Shot and Killed in Home Invasion

Austin, Texas–An Austin jewelry store owner was shot and killed during a recent home invasion.
According to the Travis County Sherriff’s Office, early in the morning of Friday, March 2, police received a call from a woman who said an intruder had entered her house and that multiple shots had been fired. ….

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Gangs with metal detectors target Asian homes for jewellery raids

Organised criminal gangs targeting affluent Asian households are using metal detectors to find where families have hidden their precious jewellery, it is suspected.

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Gunshots ring out as gang of masked robbers raid jewellery store

attacking security guard and hitting him over the head with a handgun before fleeing in their getaway car

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Jeweller releases this CCTV as police hunt gang who raided shop

Police are hunting a gang who targeted a town centre jewellery store.
Two men and two women distracted a shop assistant at Andrew Carter Jewellers in Sandbach, while a third woman went into the staff area to steal a number of items…..

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Former Jewelry Store Manager Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud

Fort Pierce, Florida–A former Florida jewelry store manager has pleaded guilty to bank fraud.
According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, Frank Dunkow, 52, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg to one count of bank fraud involving the repeated sales of jewelry to individuals using counterfeit credit cards…..

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City police release photos of suspects in jewelry scam

Medicine Hat, AB – Merchants in Medicine Hat are being advised to be on the alert for a theft scam that’s making the rounds.

Suspects are visiting various jewelry stores, typically in teams of two, where they ask to see a piece of jewelry…..

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Ram-raid on Leeds Rolex watch shop caught on camera

Two cars drove on to a pedestrian street and tried to ram-raid a high-end watch shop.
West Yorkshire Police said the cars drove on to Commercial Street in Leeds at about 11:55 GMT……

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Hinton RCMP seek public assistance in jewellery theft

Hinton, Alberta – On February 2, 2018 at approximately 3:15 p.m. two male suspects entered the Goldsmith Jewellers store in Parks West Mall. Suspects distracted the employees and were able to steal one diamond ring and three zirconia-type rings…..

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