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Seven people were accused of heiring 2022 jewelry that officials say it was “the greatest” in American history.
Theft took place in California in July 2022 when a brink truck carry a large amount of jewelry from a business show, a rest closure at the stop, US Attorney Office for Central District of California Said.
Gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and luxury clocks Roughly $ 100 million According to the Attorney’s office, it was taken.
Broadly three years later, seven suspects Is convicted,
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The US Attorney Office for the central district of California said that the people involved in the curse were killed with two cases of conspiracy to steal from interstate and foreign shipments and steal from interstate and foreign shipments.
Carlos Victor Mestonza Sercado, Jajel Padila Resto, Pablo Raul Lugo Logo, Victor Hugo Valencia Solorzano, George Enrique Alban, Jason Nellon Princilla Floors and Eduardo McAius Ibra. He is 31 to 60 years old.
Mastanza, Padila, Lugo, Valencia and Alban are accused with two cases of conspiracy to interfere with commerce with dacoity and counted the theft from interstate and foreign shipments, “the office of the lawyer said.
The heir on the brinks truck took place in July 2022.
The defendants shared the truck at a distance of about 300 miles as it used to travel by a “International Jewelry Show” in San Meto, the prosecution claimed.
The prosecution, leaving the show on the evening of June 11, 2022, accused Mestonza, Lugo and Alban, while taking out the truck.
A person holds a gold ring from a jewelry box. (Istock / istock)
The Attorney’s office claimed that some defendants made other theft in the months that went up to jewelry theft.
In March of that year, Mastanza, Padila, Lugo and Valencia “allegedly stolen Samsung Electronics worth $ 240,573 from a cargo shipment in Ontario, California, and they and Alban also took. Apple airtag According to the Attorney’s office, the value of $ 57,377 from another truck.
He took $ 14,081 from a shipment in Samsung Electronics Fontana, California, At the end of that year, the Attorney’s office has also been accused.
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“An indictment alleges that a defendant committed a crime,” it is said in a press release by Attorney’s office. “Every defendant is considered innocent until he is convicted in court.”
Akil Davis, Assistant Director in charge of the Los Angeles Field Office of the FBI, said in a statement posted on X that the investigation “Bureau and Los Angeles County Sheriff Department took years of uninterrupted cooperation.”
Washington, DC, FBI Headquarters on July 3, 2023. (Getty Image / Getty Image)
Davis said, “I am thankful that we can finally start responding to the victims of this massive theft and can give them a measure of justice by holding these defendants accountable.”
According to a press release from the US Attorney Office for the Central District of California, Fontana Police Department and Ontario Police Department were also involved in the investigation.
Officers are doing The lawyer’s office said that the first search warrant seized some jewelry in the week.
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According to the Jewelers Security Alliance, as per 2023 jump from 7%, jewelery firms in the US suffered a total loss of $ 142.5 million due to crimes last year, when it was $ 133.2 million.
