You think he sold them to the Wrong People?
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I don't know, , I live in NYC. I have been by 47th St many times. Now I never went through anyone's trash but I heard there is a guy who goes up and down the street all day long. He eyeballs and picks up all sorts of gems. Lots of street deals being made all day long.
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I think he missed out on a reward. 5 million should be worthy of a nice LEGAL thank you. Do the right thing and right things will be forthcoming....just my humble opinion anyway.
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I was thinking, if you legally find something in the trash, WHY would you sell it back to the place that tossed it out? I am also wondering WHY he got charged? IF the boxes would have gotten to the landfill, would they have charged the landfill with a crime?
I guess if I found something like that, I wouldn't try to sell it back to the company that tossed it out. Because of my morals, I would call them and ask if they tossed it accidentally. However some here would feel finders keepers. Which is also their right. But then selling some back to the company that tossed them, letting the company know he had them.
I guess that would be like me finding a beautiful class ring underwater, finding the owner and instead of returning it to them try to extort money from them. If you send it to get melted, nobody would ever know you found it.
I know what I am trying to say but I don't think it is coming out right. I guess he brought all the attention on himself by selling the diamonds back to the company that tossed them and not going someplace way way far away. If he wouldn't have found them and they got buried in the landfill, then what would they have done?
I guess if I found something like that, I wouldn't try to sell it back to the company that tossed it out. Because of my morals, I would call them and ask if they tossed it accidentally. However some here would feel finders keepers. Which is also their right. But then selling some back to the company that tossed them, letting the company know he had them.
I guess that would be like me finding a beautiful class ring underwater, finding the owner and instead of returning it to them try to extort money from them. If you send it to get melted, nobody would ever know you found it.
I know what I am trying to say but I don't think it is coming out right. I guess he brought all the attention on himself by selling the diamonds back to the company that tossed them and not going someplace way way far away. If he wouldn't have found them and they got buried in the landfill, then what would they have done?
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If the bank puts extra money into your account by mistake; you pay a large bill or take out a little more cash than you should have had, you will be charged by police. Unreal....
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The diamond district is a pretty tight knit community.
Some of the diamonds were worth big money. He sold one diamond for $74,000. to a private jeweler who rented space in the same building where the company that lost the diamonds, was renting a floor. These buildings sometimes have as many as 20 individual jewelers renting space on a floor, or one larger company renting the entire floor. I think he sold the diamond to an independent jeweler that was not employed by the company that lost it.
Another diamond was estimated to be worth $1.3 million dollars. How do you unload something like that without raising a few eyebrows??
It doesn't surprise me that he got caught. There are cameras everywhere. On the street, in the buildings, everywhere.
How could you think,, you're not going to get caught selling property that you know doesnt belong to you, and is worth millions.
Some of the diamonds were worth big money. He sold one diamond for $74,000. to a private jeweler who rented space in the same building where the company that lost the diamonds, was renting a floor. These buildings sometimes have as many as 20 individual jewelers renting space on a floor, or one larger company renting the entire floor. I think he sold the diamond to an independent jeweler that was not employed by the company that lost it.
Another diamond was estimated to be worth $1.3 million dollars. How do you unload something like that without raising a few eyebrows??
It doesn't surprise me that he got caught. There are cameras everywhere. On the street, in the buildings, everywhere.
How could you think,, you're not going to get caught selling property that you know doesnt belong to you, and is worth millions.
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JMHO here - The distinction in these cases is that where a person "finds" or comes into possession of property that they know belongs to some one else, they have an obligation to make reasonable efforts to return the property to the rightful owner. The legal theory is more along the lines of possession of stolen property as opposed to stealing the property outright. Certainly the value of the property has a great deal to do in determining what reasonable efforts consist of. It sounds like this guy knew who the lawful owner was, so he had an obligation to return the property. There are many factors to consider like how long the property has been lost, could it be considered abandoned, etc. My Grandmother always taught us kids that ill-gotten gains would only bring bad results. I would have returned the jewels and then probably kicked myself in the a$$ all the way home.
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Say what? I'm interested in any evidence you have, of a bank's actual legal procedure for accidental withdrawal of funds on a bank's error.
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Could have been an inside job as well, its possible the guy knew one of the "movers" and Hoovered near the garbage bin waiting for the loot! Mover says he/she threw out old boxes by mistake, meh... probably not, but anything is possible.
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