WTF Fun Fact 13098 – The Antwerp Diamond Heist

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In 2007, a man stole $28 million worth of diamonds (120,000 carats) from a bank in Antwerp. The man, calling himself Carlos Hector Flomenbaum, used a stolen Argentine passport to become one of bank’s most trusted customers in the year before the heist. He was never seen again.