Texas Jeweler Sentenced For Wire Fraud

Santiago Mora, a partner in Alku Modern Jewelers in Katy, Texas, has received jail time after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Mora was sentenced to...

Brink’s Says It Shouldn’t Match Jewelers’ Losses In Record Truck Heist

Brink’s Global Services USA is asking a Manhattan federal court to rule that it shouldn’t be on the hook for the reported $100 million in jewelry...

Harris Jewelry Settles Charges Of “Deceiving” Troops

Harris Jewelry, the 65-year-old chain whose former fleet of two dozen stores once raked in $30 million a year servicing members of the military, will...

Ex-Samuels CEO Nehal Modi Convicted Of Grand Larceny

Nehal Modi (pictured), the former CEO of Samuels Jewelers, has been convicted in New York State Supreme Court of grand larceny in the first degree,...

Brad Brooks-Rubin Returns To State Department

Brad Brooks-Rubin (pictured), who had been working as strategic adviser and North American trade lead for the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), is...

Diamond District Pawnshop Owner Charged With Running Retail Theft Ring

Roni Rubinov, owner of a pawnshop in New York City’s Diamond District, has been charged with masterminding a theft ring that stole an estimated...

Customs Seizes 460 Counterfeit Rolexes

In late April, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Indianapolis seized two shipments filled with Rolex watches, all deemed to be...

JSA Offers $5,000 Reward For 2022’s 1st Jewelry-Related Homicide

Jewelers’ Security Alliance (JSA) is offering a $5,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the person who beat and killed Arasb...

New York Jeweler Charged With Money Laundering

On April 6, federal authorities in New York indicted Stanislav “Steve” Yakubov, a jeweler who works at a store in the Jamaica Colosseum Mall in...

Diamond Foundry Sues U.S. Over Chinese Tariffs

Lab-grown diamond manufacturer Diamond Foundry has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Trade Representative, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the...