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Fake Sydney jewel thief jailed after terrifying store employee

September 25th, 2024

A man who pretended to rob a luxury jewellery store and tied up a terrified employee as part of an alleged AU$2.8 million (NZ$3.04 million) insurance fraud plot has been jailed for his reckless crime. Shanel Tofaeono, 39, was part of a wider scheme allegedly headed up by jeweller Michel Germani to stage a robbery of his Hilton Hotel store in Sydney’s CBD in January 2022.

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