Thursday, February 10, 2011

Here's the Plot for Your Next Jewelry Heist Novel

Security Video Could Prove 'Snatch' Jewel Heist Was Inside Job, Prosecutors Say: "In a caper that recalls the Guy Ritchie crime film 'Snatch,' prosecutors say the owners of a jewelry store in New York City's Diamond District staged a fake robbery committed by perps wearing phony beards and black coats while disguised as Hasidic Jews, according to the New York Post.

Store owners told police the crooks got away with $7 million in precious jewels in the New Year's Eve 2008 heist.

But investigators say they've uncovered a shocking video that the store owners intended to destroy, showing the shopkeepers moving valuables out of the safe hours before the heist and replacing them with empty boxes -- so the hired thieves could leave something strewn around the store for police to find."

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