вЂњI know they were out there making a lot of money and they were bragging about it.вЂќ I was fine, you know, I was back working,вЂќ Lupis told Portland police during an interrogation. вЂњI didn't want anything to do with them, you know. When he arrived at Marguilis Jewelers in Portland, he claimed to be an architect named Jason Shaw.ДЇearing the group had become increasingly violent and with a family to think of, Lupis told police he later decided to stop running with Young's crew. Lupis was provided with everything he needed to say and do to succeed during the theft, he told police. With his appearance altered, police said Lupis explained that the runner committed the actual theft of the jewelry. Victor Lupis, the group's runner, served 22-months in prison and has since been released.ДЄfter he was arrested on charges of aggravated theft in April 2011, Lupis told police he was the runner during the Portland diamond theft.

Young was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. вЂњAs the case progressed and we learned more about where the suspects had committed diamond thefts, we were able to look on the social media sites and see some correlating photos from where the crimes had occurred,вЂќ Hughes said.ДЄt the sentencing hearing this past February, a federal judge called Young a crafty, intelligent man who moved around his less savvy co-defendants like chess pieces.

The groupвЂ™s social media photos of their travel helped detectives track their movements, eventually helping lead to their arrests. вЂњTheyвЂ™re wearing very fancy designers clothes, high-end expensive watches, designer jeans.вЂќ Young using a stack of money as a pillow,вЂќ Hughes said. вЂњThe organizers of the group can be seen holding fistfuls of cash, and I think thereвЂ™s actually one photo that actually shows Mr. The brazen members even took to social media to show off the stolen loot and how they spent it, including first-class hotels, riding in limos, and high-performance motorcycles, Hughes said. YoungвЂ™s term for practicing with the Taser was to quote, вЂBecome one with the Taser,вЂ™вЂќ Hughes said. Weeks earlier, the team took turns shooting each other with the stun gun to see what it felt like, Portland Police Sgt. Thieves Used Heavy Duty Drill to Break 6.5-Foot Jewelry Vault in London Heist, Police SayДuring a theft at Lou Wilson Fine Jewelry in Vero Beach, Florida, Young had the team use a stun gun on owner Lou Wilson. вЂњOnce they kind of built a relationship with an employee at the jewelry store, they would start looking for the higher-end diamonds.вЂќ вЂњThey usually go after a female, and an older female if they can because they just believe that theyвЂ™re just the most vulnerable person to steal from,вЂќ McDaniel said. He was also a master manipulator, persuading new recruits with the promise of money, Lupis told police.Д«efore the thefts, Young also went to stores pretending to be looking to purchase an item while actually checking out the storeвЂ™s security measures. When Lupis told Young he left his fingerprints on the front door of the Portland jewelry store, Young returned to the store during all the confusion and wiped them off, Lupis told investigators.ДЄccording to detectives, Young, an ex-convict, implied that he was part of a crime family and threatened retaliation to those who dared to cross him. вЂњHe had the guys convinced that he pre-planned everything to a point where the risks were reduced and there, the likelihood of them getting caught was zero,вЂќ McDaniel said. The thieves all played different roles and had catchy nicknames such as the вЂњrisk reducer,вЂќ the вЂњrunner,вЂќ the вЂњhero stopperвЂќ and the вЂњgetaway driver,вЂќ Lupis told police.ДЄccording to Lupis, Michael Young, who called himself the risk reducer, was the ringleader, the mastermind behind their whole operation.Дuring the jewelry thefts, police said Young sat outside orchestrating the entire event while communicating through a disposable phone. 15, 2010, police got their first big break when a tip helped identify the man who ran out of the store with the diamonds as Victor Lupis.Дuring an interrogation, Lupis confessed to the crime and told police that there was an entire cast of characters involved in the theft and began naming the other thieves, police said.

Three months after the gang of four men stole a pair of diamonds worth $150,000 from the David MarguilisвЂ™ jewelry store in Portland, Oregon, on Dec. If they would have just stuck to the plan but not showed the money off publicly, we might still be trying to figure out who they are right now,вЂќ Portland Police Det. But thanks to social media and the crew's unquenchable thirst for cold, hard cash, police were able to track down and nab the thieves.

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