Video: "Hasidic" Diamond Heist Staged! Mimics Snatch

Benicio Del Toro (Right) in "Snatch"

Cops have arrested the two diamond sellers who allegedly staged a $4 million heist, in which thieves dressed as Hasidic Jews pretended to clean out their safe at gunpoint. In reality, the owners of the Midtown wholesaler had stolen their own jewels and are now charged with grand larceny and falsifying business records! One of the hired thieves is in custody too, while one remains at large. "The whole thing was set up," one source said. It was also stolen from a popular crime flick.

On New Year's Eve two bearded thieves dressed in black coats and hats gained entrance to the midtown building where Dialite Imports is based. Once they were buzzed in, they unholstered their weapons in a scene that was eerily familiar: according to the Post, cops said the heist "mimics the opening scene of Snatch, in which Benicio Del Toro and a slew of diamond thieves disguise themselves as Hasidic Jews."

The fake Hasidim told Shah to hand over diamonds and jewels from a safe, and then immobilized the two owners with duct tape. But police say that security footage shows them removing the jewels prior to the thieves' arrival.

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By Sabrina Jaszi in News on February 23, 2010 12:23 PM

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jpeditor

And right minded Ne Yorkers stick by their understanding that you and your fellow hassid haters are scum.

bts220

oops my bad read the story wrong I do stick by my statement that the hasid community os full of scamming thieves

darkdrseuss

The names sound Indian. Since when do Indian people portray hasids successfully?

jaycjay

"Since when do Indian people portray hasids successfully?"

The point of the story, of course, is that they did not.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

I though they were madoff's sons.

evbo

Oy vey!

CR

Witty post. If they were Black would you write "Slap 'em and jack 'em, my brother"? Just curious.

Rocknrope

No, more like "Oh, snap!"

Rocknrope

It took them a year to figure out it was an inside job? Nice work. I'm surprised it didn't go in the cold case file.

bts220

the hasids are the biggest thieves in the city about time they got caught and are going to be prosecuted. between welfare medicaide food stamp scams none of the marriages are legal all the women get welfare aide..most of the men are rabbis which bring huge tax breaks etc.Plus the men are some of the biggest pervs child molesters on the planet..on the other hand i worked in boro park for 5 yrs some of the women are hot and are randy tigers

blink

Nothing will happen to them, so don't hold your breath; they own the city and have Bloomberg running interference for them. They don't do real time because they're above the law. And they scam the government and taxpayers with impunity since they can scream anti-semitism if they don't get what they want, so they always get what they want.

Ishtar

You lie! Only black women have more babies than they should and collect welfare!

CR

Do all of your "facts" about Hasidim also apply to people *dressed up* as Hasidim?

JenChungsBaby

Hey moron, the names of the two guys who were arrested look a whole lot Arab to me: Atul Shah, 48, and Mahaveer Kankariya, 43. They were just dressed like Hasids.