No one was held at gunpoint, there were no injuries, and the thieves made away with more than $100 million worth of jewelry in a matter of minutes.
Without a single witness, the robbery crew stole 24 bags filled with Rolex watches, emerald rings, diamond earrings, gold necklaces, and a lavender jade stone the size of a cicada.
For three years, it looked like the heist of the century.
Until June 17, when federal authorities announced charges against seven men in connection with the July 2022 theft from a Brinks semitruck in Southern California.
In addition to the massive robbery, which the U.S. Attorney's Office considers to be the "largest jewelry heist in U.S. history," the men were charged in a series of thefts from various cargo trucks starting in March 2022.
