Ku-Four Seasons Lobby, i-Jewelry Heist e-Plain Sight

Njengobugebengu, kungase kungafaneleki ukuqhathaniswa nokuphangwa kwamahhotela okuhlelwe kahle kwamashumi eminyaka adlule, lapho abaphangi abagqoke kahle behlanza amabhokisi ediphozithi aphephile amatshe ayigugu nemali. Nokho ubuhlongandlebe bamasela amabili ayigugu ehhotela i-Four Seasons ngoMgqibelo kwenze ubugebengu bawo buhluke ekusetshenzisweni kwemali ehhotela elisetshenziswayo. Ngesikhathi lezi zinsizwa ezimbili zingena endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi ehhotela, ku-East 57th Street, cishe kwase kuyihora lesibili ekuseni, isikhathi lapho abasebenzi benza umkhuba wokubuza izivakashi njengoba bengena, kusho okhulumela ihhotela. Ngenkathi enye yala madoda ikhuluma nabasebenzi, enye indoda, egqoke ijazi elimnyama futhi iphethe isando, yaphihliza isikhwama sobucwebe eduze kwedeski le-concierge endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi, umkhulumeli omkhulu woMnyango Wamaphoyisa, uPaul J. Browne, kusho. Isela lathatha izingcezu ezimbalwa zobucwebe, okuhlanganisa amawashi asesihlakaleni kanye nelenga kanye neketango, uMnu. Kusho uBrowne. Uthe ubucwebe bubiza i-$166,950. Nakuba kwakukhona amabhokisi okubukisa ubucwebe endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi, lelo amasela ayeyifuna laligcwele izingcezu zikaJakobe. & Inkampani, umnikazi wayo, uJacob Arabo, uke wabizwa ngoHarry Winston womhlaba we-hip-hop. U-Arabo uthe engxoxweni yocingo ukuthi isela eliphethe isando libambe ingxenyana nje yobucwebe ecaleni lokubukisa ngoba likwazile ukubhoboza imbobo encane kulo, lanciphisa ikhono lalo lokufinyelela iningi lobucwebe. Lanxa isela likhiphe amawashi amathathu, uMnu. Kusho u-Arabo, wawisa eyodwa ngesikhathi ebaleka. "Lesi yisikhathi esincane, singena ehhotela, siphihliza izinto ngesando," uMnu. Kusho u-Arabo. “Ngebhadi kwenzeka kimina. Kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi kube yifasitela lami, kuyilapho kwakukhona amanye amafasitela anobucwebe ehhotela?” UMnu. U-Arabo uthe impendulo yalowo mbuzo kungenzeka ukuthi ihlobene nokuqashelwa komkhiqizo. “Ngicabanga ukuthi bangalazi igama lami ngaphezu kwelanoma ubani omunye, komagazini,” kusho uMnu. U-Arabo, okuke kwakhulunywa ngaye ezingomeni zikaKanye West no-50 Cent futhi wadonsa isigwebo sokuqamba amanga kuma-federal agents kanye nokuqamba amanga. Lokhu kugetshengwa kwabikwa okokuqala ephephandabeni i-New York Post, elibeka inani lobucwebe obulahlekile ku-$2 million. NgeSonto ebusuku, uMnyango wamaPhoyisa ukhiphe izithombe zamadoda amabili eziqashwe ngelokhozi othi ngabasolwa. Omunye umkhandi wobucwebe, uGabriel Jacobs, oqashe ikesi elibukiswayo kuma-Four Seasons, uthe ubecabanga ukuthi indawo yokwamukela izivakashi bekungeyona into ehloselwe ukuphangwa ubucwebe. “Awucabangi ngalokhu okwenzekayo ngoba ihhotela elisezingeni eliphezulu,” uMnu. Jacobs, ongumnikazi kaRafaello & Inkampani eku-West 47th Street, kusho ngeSonto. UMnu. UJacobs wengeze ngokuthi ihhotela belihlale limqinisekisa ngokuphepha kwalo, limtshela ukuthi icala aliqashile lingavulwa ngokhiye owodwa okhethekile - owakhe. Wathola induduzo eyengeziwe ngokuthi ikesi lalenziwe ngengilazi elingashayikeki futhi lilenga kahle ngaphakathi kwendawo yokwamukela izivakashi, hhayi ezingeni lomgwaqo. “Sisebenzisa imali eningi ukuqasha indawo ngaphandle,” usho kanje. "Umuntu angangena kanjani lapho futhi enze lokho? Kuyahlekisa lokho." Ngempela, uMnu. U-Arabo uthe manje usecabanga ukubeka izibukiso ezinjalo ngemuva kwengilazi engangenwa izinhlamvu, umkhuba ojwayelekile wamacala okubukisa ezingeni lomgwaqo, kodwa hhayi emacaleni ombukiso angaphakathi, njengalawo asezindaweni zokungena emahhotela. Nokho, ingilazi engangenwa izinhlamvu ayisona isiqinisekiso ngokumelene nokweba. Kwa-R. S. UDurant, isitolo sobucwebe kuMadison Avenue, ngokwesibonelo, uSam Kassin, ongumnikazi, uthe uzizwa ekhululekile ukushiya imikhiqizo emabhokisini ubusuku bonke ngenxa yamafasitela nomnyango ongangenwa izinhlamvu - kuze kube yihlobo eledlule, lapho amasela ephihliza umnyango izikhathi eziningi kangangokuthi Ngaphandle kwalokho, kusho uJoseph Krady, umnikazi weMadison Jewelers, "noma yini izophahlazeka uma uyishaya ngesando.