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Man steals $28 million in diamonds from Antwerp bank

March 13, 2007

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Antwerp, Belgium—Belgian police have offered a $2.6 million reward for information that helps them find the man who stole $28 million worth of diamonds from an Antwerp bank last week.

The Associated Press reports that a man broke into safety deposit boxes in an ABM Amro bank in the city's diamond center.

Police do not know exactly how the man pulled off the heist, but they believe he carefully planned it by becoming one of several trusted diamond traders given an electronic card to access the vault that held the safety deposit boxes.

The suspect had become a usual customer at the bank over the past year, using the name Carlos Hector Flomenbaum from Argentina. Police now believe that the suspect used a false identity because a passport in that name was stolen in Israel a few years ago.

Police have released a composite photo of the suspect, showing a gray-haired man standing 6 feet 3 inches tall and in his late 50s.
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