Cheetham Hill man who staged a $2m Beverley Hills gem theft says he regrets it now
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxA reformed con artist from Cheetham Hill has spoken about his double life as an international fraudster, and how he pulled off an elaborate $2m jewellery heist.Saqib Mumtaz, 48, and his accomplices persuaded top-end Beverley Hills jewellers Bijan that the brother of the Sultan of Brunei was planning a lavish wedding and was in the market for precious stones.The result was one of the most daring confidence tricks of the 90s, although Saqib and his fellow fraudsters were eventually caught and jailed.Now, he says he has turned over a new leaf and has spoken openly about how he and a group of friends stole millions of dollars worth of jewellery.The scam involved telling the Beverley Hills-based jewellers the ‘prince’ wanted.
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