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New York Diamond Dealer
Charged with Hijacking Truck
US federal authorities have charged 12 men – amongst them a New York
diamond dealer - with conspiracy in a December 2007 hijacking of a
delivery truck containing several million dollars worth of diamonds.
The diamond trader is Brian Greenwald, President of Doppelt and
Greenwald Diamonds.
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Greenwalt Hijacked A
Fed-Ex Truck
On December 20, 2007,
involved two men displaying police badges and firearms who
approached a FedEx truck in Manhattan. They removed the driver, who
was handcuffed and kidnapped at gunpoint. The truck was then driven
to a loading dock in New York, but the perpetrators were reportedly
unable to unload the contents – reportedly millions of dollars worth
of diamonds - and later abandoned the truck with all of its contents
intact.
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FBI Busts Ring Of Jewel
Thieves
FBI agents observed two of
the defendants, Hector Rivera and Roni Amrussi, scoping out a
warehouse on Long Island as a site to offload the diamonds on the
hijacked truck. Rivera, according to a witness who was secretly
working with the FBI, was described as someone who works for people
"who employ him to collect debts, including debts involving
diamonds." He was also known as "Greenwald's enforcer” and was used
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Greenwald's 2005 Heist
In the 2005 heist,
Greenwald had thieves hold up his own store on Fifth Ave at
gunpoint. Five employees with plastic handcuffs before running off
with loose jewels tossed into duffel bags.
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