A Diamond Ring Can One Day Turn Into a Cubic Zirconia Ring

It really can happen and even happened with some clients of one NJ pawn shop. So this is the story of how a Toms River pawn shop huddled a cheat.

Aaron's Gold is a pawn shop in NJ with Ann Paris, a 65-years old lady being an owner, and her nephew Walter Hodnovich Jr. being her manager. Both were arrested a couple of days ago because they were accused in buying stolen jewelry. Surely, they knew the original price for precious items and they could guess it was stolen but instead of informing the police both decided to earn on that case. Conspirators paid only $140 for a double platinum ring that was estimated at $15,000. Moreover, they changed a diamond in a ring into cubic zirconia. By that they broke the rule that the item purchased by a pawn shop should never be altered. Nobody knows whether this was the first time of such kind of a cheat or similar cases happened before. It may happen that the clients of this pawn shop who applied for their help brought back an imitation diamond jewelry instead of a real one.

In this case the owner of the jewelry was found and she had the pictures of jewelry at home, so she could prove the authenticity of each item. But as you see, diamonds have always been, still are and most likely will be an apple of discord for many.

Hunting For Diamonds and For Diamond Hunters

Cases of diamond stealing are not a usual practice of course but are taken for granted by diamond dealers. They happened in the past and whatever the security measures are they will surely happen in future. The reason is diamonds are magnetic not only in sense of beauty but in a sense of price one can get on reselling them. Here are two recent cases of diamond stealing.

The first is a world-old method: to smuggle diamonds inside the body. Since it's so old the police knows how to disclose similar cases and this one is no exception. Helena Freida Bodner was arrested in Pearson Airport, Toronto since she was trying to smuggle about 1500 carats of rough diamonds. The diamonds provenance still remain unknown and is being investigated, the smuggler refuses to cooperate. In three days after Bodner had been arrested she appeared in court and was charged under the Custom Act with smuggling, unlawful possession of prohibited goods and false statement.
The second case of diamond stealing/smuggling took place in Melbourne where a 29-year Matthew Osborne was arrested before boarding. He claimed to be a British tourist, however the owner of a jewelry store in Queensland recognized a man who asked for a closer look as well as CCTV images and fingerprints confirmed tourist's involvement in this. This is not an ordinary diamond but a very rare pink diamond of an unusually large size for pinks – 4.3 millimeters. Keith Bird, the owner of a jewelry shop, described this diamond as “rare as hen's teeth” and assured there is already a local buyer for it. Even though the thief has been arrested, the diamond is still missing. X-ray investigation didn't show the diamond is inside, actually nobody saw it was swallowed. It's still unknown where the stone can be but the police won't stop searching for it.

Diamonds Worth $200,000 Lost and Found

Diamonds may inspire someone to criminal actions like stealing and smuggling, but on the other hand they may reveal moral traits of a person. When a young Israeli diamond dealer found a pack of diamonds worth $200,000 he didn't treat it like a jackpot of his life but returned a bad to its owner.

This is how it happened.

Pictures of Jewels Stolen From the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, France

No one will ever forget ParisHilton's being a DJ at Amnesia Nightclub in Ibiza as well as the recent robbery of a huge diamond jewelry collection in Cannes. Both events were passionately talked about but let's focus on stolen diamonds now (though, Paris Hilton's “Foam and Diamonds” party was no less impressive).

The images of diamond-encrustedjewels stolen from the Cannes hotel appeared on the Internet. They were intentionally published by the insurance company in the expectation to get them returned. Moreover, there is the award appointed for any information that may lead to the thieves and thievery. The award is worth telling the truth - € 1 million.

Staggering 40 million Euro Worth of Diamonds Stolen in Cannes

Diamonds are not only a girl's best friend but thieves' either. About half a year past since the news about unbelievable robbery in Brussels airport shattered the diamond trading world. But there is another many-million sensation to shock everyone. Diamonds of a total worth 40 million euro were stolen from the Carlton International Hotel in Cannes where they were exhibited.

Deja Vu With a Ten Years Interval: $50 Million Diamond Heist

St. Valentine's Day is a special day in a year soaked with love and romance. Being in amorous mood no one expected anything bad to happen, not now as well as ten years ago. But things tend to repeat. Thus Valentine's Day $50 million diamond heist in Brussels airport made everyone speechless and showed again that you should never let down your guard when diamonds are concerned.