This week: AI-generated junk floods Etsy. Diamond polisher steals from employer by drugging coworkers. And a woman uses a fake ring as a dating strategy. All below.

 

U.S. crackdown on Russian diamonds poised to start Jan. 1

– Indian ministries weigh repercussions

– De Beers’ Tracr appoints Wesley Tucker as CEO

– Is Tracr the single solution?

– Questions remain about Everledger

 

2022 was one of the worst crime years ever, JSA says

 

Lightbox new selling lab-grown engagement rings

– Interview with Lightbox CEO Antoine Borde

 

Jewelry sales stabilize in May, while diamond sales fall

– Q&A with Edahn Golan about lab-grown market

 

IGI sees largest and multicolored lab-grown diamonds

 

National Jeweler on JCK’s colored stone market update

 

Ben Bridge opens new Seattle flagship

 

Interview with “untameable” luxury journalist Miss Tweed

 

Roger Dubuis CEO Andreatta steps down

 

Ring Concierge hires chief marketing officer

 

Pandora names new marketing director for U.K., Ireland

 

Charles Stanley joins Consensus Strategic Advisors

 

Responsible Jewellery Council names Edward Asscher vice chair

 

Gems One announces new sales hires

 

Former F. Hinds chairman Eric Hinds dies (subscription)

 

Another Indian diamond polisher dies by suicide, amid industry slowdown

 

Martin Rapaport’s JCK presentation and social responsibility conference (video)

 

Illegal gold mining becomes revenue source for organized crime

 

Sale of Eternal Pink highlights “Botswana’s diamond woes” (subscription)

 

Surat dealers “exploit loopholes” in Sierra Leone’s diamond trade

 

Belgian court backs OGI in dispute with Sarine

 

Market regulator wants Mehul Choksi’s accounts frozen

 

Lawsuit: Bay Area jeweler made man spend $200,000 to buy watch he never got

 

Artificial intelligence has come to the watch world

 

How calendar watches tell you a lot about a culture

 

“AI-generated junk” is flooding Etsy

 

Diamond Foundry using artificial intelligence to design jewelry

 

Jeweler Dolly Cohen debuts tooth jewelry, e-commerce

 

Jacob the Jeweler and celebrity rabbi ruin real estate developer’s plans

 

Diamond polisher spikes coworkers’ tea, steals stones

 

DJ Drama spends $120,000 to get his stolen jewelry back

 

Mick Jagger’s partner Melanie Hamrick gets “commitment ring”

 

Woman wore $99 engagement ring to “lure a man”

 

A collapsed star turns into a massive cosmic diamond

 

From the Blog

U.S. Crackdown on Russian Diamonds Expected to Start Jan. 1

Interview With Lightbox CEO Antoine Borde

 

From the Podcast

The Jewelry District, Episode 97: Guest Jeffery Fowler

 

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