Globe-trotting jewel thief Mike Eternity captured
Globe-trotting jewel thief Mike Eternity captured
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IT sounds like a plot from a Hollywood script, but US authorities say it is real.
For almost 20 years a suave, charming jewel thief travelled the world, bouncing between Australia, the US, Canada and Israel, and along the way stole tens of thousands of dollars, possibly millions, worth of diamonds from unsuspecting victims.
The story also has a Hollywood ending.
Last week on the US-Canadian border, American authorities finally put handcuffs on the alleged globe-trotting jewel thief.
His name is not easy to pronounce, Moshe Tsitsaushivili, although his alleged colourful, Hollywood-friendly alias contributed to his arrest.
The name on the fake Israeli passport Mr Tsitsaushivili allegedly handed over to the US Border Control officer was as brazen as the offences he is accused of committing.
Tsitsaushivili was posing as “Mike Eternity”.
Mr Tsitsaushivili, who was born in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, used his charm and skill as an expert diamond cutter to gain the confidence of jewellers across the northeast US in the 1980s, police allege.
He would offer to work for free or “a small stipend” and gain the business owners’ trust and when eventually allowed access to the store’s jewels without supervision, he would go on a lunch break and never return.
I hate Hollywood endings.
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