Australian police allege that 65-year-old jeweler Michel Elias Germani is planning to rob an insurance company at gunpoint to defraud an insurance company of more than $2.8 million. Guard.
Michel Elias Germani, owner of Germani Jewellery, told police that he and an employee were threatened in January by two men posing as customers at his store in the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney. According to police, one of the men threatened the employee with a knife while another wanted to break into the safe. The robbers tied the hands and feet of Germani and his employee with a cable tie, and then fled the store with an expensive jewelry party.
In April, police arrested two people, Chanel Tofaeono, 37, and Munir Hela, 57. But on Tuesday, May 9, police said there was “a problem” with the alleged robbery. Germani had been arrested the day before. The police stated that the robbery was initiated by him.
Germani appeared before a local court, where law enforcement said he was involved in “planning and coordinating the robbery and trying to defraud the insurance company.” And the employee injured in the attack was “injured” and was unaware of the alleged elaborate fraud.
Germany was charged with aggravated robbery and imprisonment, dishonest attempt to obtain financial gain by deception, publishing false or misleading materials to obtain money, and joining a criminal organization and aiding criminal activities.
According to the Germani Jewelery website, Germani has designed pieces for Princess Diana, Elizabeth Taylor and the Saudi royal family.
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