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thewayneIn February 2003, the main vault of the Antwerp Diamond Exchange was burlged. It was protected by ten layers of security, and the thieves opened the vault door and walked right in. It was claimed that over $100 million in diamonds was stolen, but the man who organized the robbery said that they only got about $10m worth: he says that a co-conspirator who stored diamonds in the vault told other brokers and they pulled their stones out before the heist and claimed they were lost in the robbery, perpetrating a pretty impressive insurance fraud.
The story of the burglary is rather interesting, the way they got past the security systems strikes me as something almost straight out of Mythbusters.
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/magazine/17-04/ff_diamonds?currentPage=all
The story of the burglary is rather interesting, the way they got past the security systems strikes me as something almost straight out of Mythbusters.
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/magazine/17-04/ff_diamonds?currentPage=all
