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To: Ann Archy

The problem is that the pieces were parted up and sold off to international private dealers (my humble opinion). They’d like a full list and get help from various countries.

All of these people who bought the art....simply have it in a very private office and only a couple of people ever venture into that room on a yearly basis. I doubt that the gang ever made more than $5 million off the entire deal.


4 posted on 03/19/2013 2:48:13 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

Good catch by the FBI, too bad they can’t figure out how to catch Odumbo for his fraud on our gubmint and country. Doing that mighgt bring some REAL NEWS.


5 posted on 03/19/2013 3:04:23 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: pepsionice

“...the world’s richest art heist...”

“The problem is that ...” the press continues to glamorize stealing of a certain type by labeling it “...the world’s richest art heist...”

They can’t write the scripts for the next Hollywood “Art Heist” thriller (c.f. The Thomas Crown Affair [1 & 2], Entrapment, Ocean’s 12, Once a Thief, etc), so the next best thing is to allude to one in their headlines.

Same goes for jewel thieves and, to a lesser extent, bank robbers.

Stealing is stealing, whether done from a rich individual or institution or from someone ordinary. Having a beautiful insurance detective as your accomplice does not nullify the crime, either.

Neither does having a lawyer, judge or legislator do the “heist” for you using by the stroke of the pen.


7 posted on 03/19/2013 3:18:52 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: pepsionice

It’s my understanding that the harder something is to fence, the less proportional profit the thief has to accept.


8 posted on 03/19/2013 3:20:37 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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