Major Theft

[JewelFreak]

Hope they can trace these things back. Painful to lose especially the blue diamond.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...neis-ex-wife-swapping-worthless-replicas.html

 

[OreoRosies86]

Wow, is this thief for real? Pretty gutsy move if it turns out she is guilty

 

[bcavitt]

I know this is stereotyping, but my memories of sultans come from the cartoons of my youth carrying large scimitars and yelling "Off with her head"! Hope that isn't her fate if found guilty.

 

[VapidLapid]

KENNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MollyMalone]

Hope they can trace these things back. Painful to lose especially the blue diamond.

As of April 2012, the diamonds were in the hands of Swiss authorities. They had been purchased by Matthew Aldridge of Gemcut, SA, in Geneva. But after the thefts were discovered in 2010, Swiss authorities seized the diamonds from him:
The Blue Diamond appears to be intact; the Yellow Diamond, however, seems to have been cut slightly. Before the diamonds can be returned to the claimant, the Swiss court will need to determine whether good title in them passed to Mr Aldridge.
See ¶ 5 of this April 5, 2012, UK civil Judgment rendered against Ms. Lim (it lays out quite a saga)
http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/aziz-v-lim-5042012.pdf

My quick Google search didn't yield any info as what''s happened in the Swiss court since April 2012.

 

[JewelFreak]

Great update, MM. Thanks. The amounts of money make my head spin!

She sounds good-hearted but not the brightest bulb: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1557227/Sultan-of-Bruneis-ex-wife-and-the-2m-con.html

Too bad there are no photos of the diamonds; I'd love to see them.

--- Laurie

 

[chrono]

All this talk of huge and rare diamonds worth large sums of money and not a single picture?

 

[minousbijoux]

I don't know, but one of my takeaways is that Casinos might not be the best place to search for a BFF...

 

[MollyMalone]

All this talk of huge and rare diamonds worth large sums of money and not a single picture?

Alas, Google failed to produce photos of either the Blue or the Yellow Diamond in question. But would these emeralds & diamonds be of some consolation? This is a 2006 photo of the Sultan's first, and primary, wife:

 

[pregcurious]

Look. At. That. Bling.

I feel a little silly for saying this, but I think the bling would look better with a simpler outfit.

 

[minousbijoux]

Can you imagine living the lifestyle where you would actually wear pieces like that? I bet her outfit alone could buy me a new car.