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Thief jailed after threatening retail staff with pitch fork

A thief who threatened staff and stole from two Essex stores, including a jewellery retailer, has been jailed.
Connor Sexton targeted two shops in Halstead in March within three days. On 7 March he asked to view a ring in John Winter Drake Jeweller, but when the owner brought out a tray of rings, Sexton grabbed it and ran out……

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12 Charged in $9M Diamond District Scam

New York–Federal authorities in New York have charged 12 men with fraud for allegedly running a worldwide scam that cheated diamond dealers out of more than $9 million in goods.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan said Wednesday that the FBI had been investigating a series of “predatory frauds” being perpetrated by this group since 2015……

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CCTV captures brazen thieves as jewellery robberies soar in Melbourne

There’s been 10 smash and grab jewellery store robberies in Melbourne in the past eight months – with some stores hit multiples times.
In the latest robbery, five men burst into the H&H jewellery store in Elsternwick as customers shopped yesterday afternoon – the second attack on the shop in three months.

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San Jose: Suspects sought in jewelry store robbery

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SAN JOSE — Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man and a woman who robbed a Valley Fair Mall jewelry store of a diamond just days before Christmas.
The robbery was reported at about 7:45 p.m. on Dec. 20 at the Ben Bridge Jeweler in the shopping center…..

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NJ Retailers Sentenced in Credit Card Fraud Scheme

Trenton, N.J.–Two owners of a New Jersey jewelry store involved in one of the largest credit card schemes ever investigated by the U.S. Justice Department have been sentenced.
Vijay Verma, 49, and Tarsem Lal, 78, both from Iselin, New Jersey, were indicted in October 2013 for being implicit in a scheme in which the perpetrators created more than 7,000 false identities and used them to obtain tens of thousands of credit cards……

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T H March and National Association of Jewellers form new club

Jewellery trade insurance firm T H March and the National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) have teamed up to launch a brand new ‘club’.
In a continuation of the two companies 111 year relationship, the two establishments unveiled another club which it hopes will offer its members a wide range of advantages. …..

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All jewels recovered from Cartier heist in Monaco

Jewels stolen in an armed robbery at a Cartier store in Monaco have been completely recovered, investigators said Monday, adding that the haul was probably worth millions of euros.
Monaco public prosecutor Jacques Doremieux said the last missing bag of jewels was found on Monday just across the border in France, in a street where a suspect was also detained…..

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Armed heist at Cartier shop in Monaco, 1 suspect captured

PARIS (AP) — Police in Monaco say robbers have carried out an armed heist at a luxurious Cartier jewelry shop in Monte Carlo and one of the suspects has been captured.
The Monegasque police authority said three individuals carrying at least one firearm targeted the shop Saturday afternoon near the famed casino square in the French principality. Police say the robbers fled and set fire to their getaway car…..

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Gold rings worth £10,000 stolen from Dorset jewellers

Police have released CCTV footage after 50 gold rings were stolen from a jewellers in Poole, Dorset.
The incident, which happened around 2.10pm on Saturday 18 February at Mortons Jewellers on the town’s high street, saw the theft of 50 rings that are believed to be worth around £10,000……

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Crime gang jailed over £3m jewellery raids

Members of a Romanian crime gang have been jailed for a series of burglaries on jewellers, in which some £3.1m worth of jewellery was stolen.
The six men have been jailed for a total of 47 years for conspiring to commit burglaries at jewellers across nine different counties in the UK.

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