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by | June 8, 2012 · 6:07 am

Hospitality Industry Theft Risks: Guest At California Hotel Has $200,000 In Jewelry Stolen

The family believes someone took a large CD zipper case  containing $200,000 worth of gold, platinum, diamonds and once they realized  what was it in, they kept it for good.

A family visiting San Diego for a wedding lost $200,000 in  jewelry in a hotel theft.

Hangameh Mousavi says her family was visiting San Diego for  an Iranian wedding over the Memorial Day weekend and stayed at the Sheraton  Hotel on Harbor Island. It’s traditional to give jewelry to the bride and so family  members brought a lot of jewelry not only to wear, but also to give as  gifts.

“We have religious jewelry, stuff with Arabic writing,  prayers,” she explained. “Things from the revolution that they don’t make any more.  Things that have been passed down from grandparents.”

There was a conference at the hotel that weekend.

For more:  $200K in Jewelry Stolen from San Diego Hotel | NBC San Diego

Source:  $200K in Jewelry Stolen from San Diego Hotel | NBC San Diego

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by | March 22, 2012 · 11:57 am

Hospitality Industry Theft Risks: International Jewelry Theft Ring Targeted "Jewelry Sales Representatives And Couriers" After Returning To Their Hotel Rooms

“…an international criminal organization that committed 17 robberies, primarily by attacking sales representatives and couriers after they had returned to their homes or hotel rooms. He said the group used prolonged, sophisticated surveillance methods to identify vulnerable salesmen, who were targeted throughout Virginia as well as in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Maryland, California and Tennessee over the past two years. Sometimes the robbed salesmen would be followed for hundreds of miles and across state lines.  

Seven people have been charged with operating a jewelry-theft ring based in Richmond, Va. that authorities say stole more than $4.6 million in merchandise from traveling salesmen in Virginia and several other states.

“This is a group that allegedly did their homework,” MacBride said in a conference call with reporters.

Court documents say the group of Colombians has ties to South American theft groups, which federal authorities say are transnational criminal groups that work in teams to steal jewelry, gems and precious metals from those who carry hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise at one time.

Prosecutors say that after a successful robbery, members of the ring would travel to New York to sell the merchandise to “fences” who would either resell it or melt it down for later use. MacBride said the group didn’t target any one particular type of jewelry, saying it included gold and gems, among other things.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/03/21/4356163/7-arrested-in-multi-state-jewelry.html#storylink=cpy

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