Antwerp diamond heist
restoring some of this information - "the credibility...has been questioned" is too weak a statement to be a sufficient summary of the source
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==Insurance fraud== |
==Insurance fraud== |
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Notarbartolo claimed in an interview with ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' magazine that a diamond merchant hired them for the heist. He claims that they actually stole approximately €18 million ($20 million) worth of loot, and that the robbery was part of an insurance fraud. Someone knowing the incumbent robbery could have taken the diamonds and then claimed the insurance on them, hence gaining from the insurance fraud.[http://listverse.com/2009/12/01/10-largest-robberies-in-history/ 10 Largest Robberies in History]. Listverse.com (1 December 2009). Retrieved 2011-06-09. However, the credibility of Notarbartolo's story has been questioned, as the vault itself had been denied an insurance policy due to several security flaws, which would have made insurance fraud impractical or impossible. |
Notarbartolo claimed in an interview with ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' magazine that a diamond merchant hired them for the heist. He claims that they actually stole approximately €18 million ($20 million) worth of loot, and that the robbery was part of an insurance fraud. Someone knowing the incumbent robbery could have taken the diamonds and then claimed the insurance on them, hence gaining from the insurance fraud.[http://listverse.com/2009/12/01/10-largest-robberies-in-history/ 10 Largest Robberies in History]. Listverse.com (1 December 2009). Retrieved 2011-06-09. However, the credibility of Notarbartolo's story has been questioned, as the vault itself had been denied an insurance policy due to several security flaws, which would have made insurance fraud impractical or impossible. Due to this and other pieces of evidence, experts do not consider Notarbartolo's account plausible. |
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==Legacy== |
==Legacy== |
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