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9. The Graff Diamonds Robbery

Now this is an example of how the most elaborate plans can go wrong. The men who robbed the Graff Diamonds jewelry store in August 2009 had taken a lot of care to escape detection – they engaged the services of a professional make-up studio and had prosthetic faces attached, telling the make-up artist that it was for a music video. Then they simply walked into the store, brandished their guns and escaped with 43 pieces of jewelry, worth an estimated £40 million ($65 million). They even took care to keep changing getaway vehicles, to shake the police off their trail. But one of them left his mobile phone in the car, which allowed the police to track,arrest and jail them. The gang leader – Aman Kassaye – is currently serving 23 years, with the other three robbers serving 16 years each. None of the jewelry has  so far been recovered.