In this undated image made available from Lloyds of London Tuesday Aug. 6, 2013, showing a jeweled brooch, part of a $136 million (102 million euro) jewel theft. An affiliate of Lloyds of London announced Tuesday Aug. 6, 2013, a 1 million euro (US 1.3 million dlrs) reward for information leading to a diamond collection stolen at gunpoint from a jewel display in Cannes on July 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Lloyds of London)
PARIS (AP) — An affiliate of Lloyds of London is offering a 1 million euro ($1.3 million) reward for information leading to a diamond collection stolen at gunpoint from a jewel show in Cannes.
The jewels belonging to the Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev were on display at the same hotel featured in Alfred Hitchcock’s “To Catch a Thief” when a single gunman walked in to the ground floor show, threatened the handful of unarmed guards, and then disappeared down a side street with the $136 million cache, police have said.
The July 28 theft at the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel ranks among the largest jewel heists in history.
Africa-Israel Investments chairman Lev Leviev (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)
In 2008, thieves stole $118 million in rings, necklaces and luxury watches from the Harry Winston store in Paris.
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