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Lulu Lagados posed as a gem appraiser
A thief who poses as a gem expert for turning $ 5.7 million worth of diamonds into gems has been ordered to pay back $ 340.
Lulu Lagados, 60, is serving a five-and-a-half-year prison sentence for conspiracy to commit robbery.
He said he was sent to Poodles Jewelers in London’s luxury Mayfair district Rate seven diamonds on behalf of Russian buyers.
The Romanian national, who was convicted last July, was caught on security cameras while doing so With a clever hand, he was able to replace the locked bag A copy of it contained real diamonds.
It all happened in March 2016.
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The woman gave him a briefcase containing stones instead of diamonds.
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Lagados changed clothes in a pub bathroom before leaving the country.
According to the study, Leaving the box lying, he left the store.
That’s when he gave the gem to an unknown woman International criminal gang Who fled from England to France in three hours.
Pie poodles containing stones were placed in the safe and rus It was not found until the next day.
Real diamonds They never recovered.
Now a judge has fined Lagados, which is said to be for his entire capital.
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Employees at Poodles in central London believed the woman was selling diamonds to a Russian named Alexander.
Said at trial The only property owned by the thief was 5 245 ($ 340) in cash She was found when she was arrested.
Judge Alexander Milne QC noted the “significant difference” between the value of stolen diamonds and the available assets of lacados.
Since the money had already been seized, he was given a month to repay the loan one day.
Born in Romania, Lagados is expected To be handed over to FranceWhere he lives.
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