European jewel thief convicted over $8 million London diamond heist Posted August 03, 2021 | By Arabella Roden ⢠Editor A 60-year-old woman has been found guilty of conspiracy to steal in relation to the 2016 theft of seven diamonds – valued at £4.2 million ($AU7.89 million) – from a jewellery store in London s Mayfair.
Acting as part of an “international organised gang”, Romanian-born French citizen Lulu Lakatos posed as a gemmologist, representing a wealthy Russian buyer, in order to gain access to a secure area inside the Boodles store on New Bond Street. This was an audacious theft, carried out in plain view of experienced and professional staff at a renowned jewellers
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