Two arrested for sneaking 'moissanita' stones into jewelry stores as authentic diamonds
Police officers have arrested two men for swindling jewelry stores selling artificial diamonds known as' moissanita 'stones, the Madrid Police Headquarters reported in a press release this Tuesday.
The investigation began last February when two scams took place at the same jewelry store. The agents verified that they had been carried out using the method known as' fake diamond scam'or 'moissanite scam'.
The authors pretended to be in need of selling the diamonds to face some debt or to acquire cash after they inherited the stone. On these occasions, they pretended to be a couple who were going to separate and needed to liquidate the commons or that they were engagement rings and needed to be sold quickly due to economic problems.
The organiser of the scams used women in economic need who showed false documentation so that they could not be located after the fraudulent sale. Prior to the liquidation of the stone, the person responsible for the establishment carried out a first test of hardness and quality by charging it as a natural diamond, as it has very similar visible characteristics.
After finding that they obtained a great profit, the alleged perpetrators again committed a third scam using the same method. Subsequently, the victims found that this was a scam by referring the diamonds to the precious stone certifier.
After a thorough investigation, the agents managed to identify the ringleader who tried to conceal fraudulent practices by using false documentation and means of payment that made it difficult to trace the money.
As a result of the investigators' efforts to locate potential victims of this type of crime and the mechanism for monitoring and monitoring the organization, two of the members were arrested and brought before the judicial authority.
The market value of moissanite stones is between 15 and 20 times lower than that of a natural diamond, so that thieves achieved considerable profit.
