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Thieves stole loose diamonds, gold, silver and other types of jewelry valued at more than $100 million. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It took place in Antwerp , Belgium, during the weekend of 15–16 February 2003. Though arrests were made and time was served, the stolen diamonds remain unrecovered.
He has also been called "one of the most prolific and successful art thieves who have ever lived", [3] and "one of the greatest art thieves of all time". [4] His thefts resulted in the destruction of many works of art, destroyed by his family to conceal evidence of his crimes. [5] He differs from most other art thieves in that most of his ...
On March 29, 1997, Johnson pulled off what was then the largest cash heist in U.S. history, [2] taking $18.8 million ($29.2 million today) from the armored vehicle he was driving.
In 1987, Labh Singh (Sukhdev Singh Sukha) allegedly masterminded [7] what was at that time the largest bank robbery in Indian history, netting almost 60 million (58 million rupees-US$4.5 million) from Millar Ganj branch of Punjab National Bank, Ludhiana; [7] a part of this stolen money belonged to the Reserve Bank of India, India's central bank.
The largest art theft in world history occurred in Boston on March 18, 1990, when thieves stole 13 pieces, collectively valued at $500 million, from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Among the pieces stolen was Vermeer's The Concert, which is considered to be the most valuable stolen painting in the world. A reward of $10,000,000 is still ...
The theft was at the same hotel where Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 film To Catch a Thief was set. [ 9 ] The robbery was the third in the Riviera over a short period, following the theft from the Cannes Film Festival of jewels worth $1.4 million, and the theft of a $1.9 million necklace.
Theft of the Portland Tiara: Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire £3.75 million [53] £4.8 million 2019 Theft of America: Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire £4.6 million [54] £5.8 million 2019 Le Vian diamond robbery Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey £4.1 million [55] £5.1 million 2020 Tamara Ecclestone jewellery theft Kensington, London
Stephen Carrie Blumberg (born 1948 [1] in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is best known as a bibliomane who lived in Ottumwa, Iowa.After being arrested for stealing more than 23,600 books worth US$5.3 million in 1990 (equivalent to about $12M in 2023), he became known as the Book Bandit and was recognized as the most successful book thief in the history of the United States.