Former Executive in NEW YORK with Tiffany and co. stole a small blue box sizes from midtown Manhattan jeweler’s home and resold for more than $1,3 million, federal authorities said Tuesday.
Ingrid Lederhaas-Okun was arrested Tuesday at his home in Darien, Conn. She was to appear later in the day in Federal Court in Manhattan to face charges of fraud and interstate transportation of stolen property.
As vice president of product development, Lederhaas-Okun had authority to “check out” jewelry from Tiffany to provide to potential manufacturers to determine production costs. The authorities argue that after he left Tiffany in February, the company has discovered that she had checked 164 items that have never been returned.
According to a criminal complaint, the missing jewelry including several diamonds 18 carat gold bracelets, diamond circle drop earrings in gold rings, Platinum or 18 carats of diamonds in Platinum, rings with precious stones in 18-carat gold and Platinum and diamond pendants.
When confronted about the missing jewels, Lederhaas-Okun said she had left some of behind Tiffany and some States have lost or corrupted, the complaint said. But an investigation found that Lederhaas-Okun resold the goods to a unidentified international dealer for more than $1,3 million, he said.
Bank records showed that from January 2011, the retailer wrote 75 controls to her or her husband for amounts of up to $ 47,400, the complaint said. Investigators also recovered the purchase forms signed by Lederhaas-Okun who said that the items were his personal property.
The authorities allege Lederhaas-Okun deliberately checked items valued under $ 10,000 apiece to avoid detection.The company takes a daily inventory of all items checked-out worth more than $ 25,000.
If convicted, Lederhaas-Okun faces up to 20 years in prison. The name of his lawyer was not immediately available.
Representatives of Tiffany, has refused to comment on Tuesday. - Full Post
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