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The guy said they would only hit jewellers that had made false insurance claims. This isn't for ethical reasons, or because it's right, it's because the ones who made false insurance claims wouldn't then make a second claim that the stuff was stolen, as they'd already reported it stolen, and they wouldn't afford to bring attention to themselves. They'd be more afraid of getting arrested for insurance fraud than getting robbed. Therefore robbing the place has less chance of (enthusiastic) involvement of the law.

NGL: This dude was pretty damn smart with his robberies. Not morally but financially by doing his best to not get caught. He actually did a solid job on that.

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Insurance companies never get screwed. They are happy for costs to rise, so they can make their 15% above costs.

Man, I wish these were longer. They're so great.

My spouse and I intentionally got an engagement ring with fake diamonds because we knew real diamonds are a ripoff, and we get more compliments on how good it looks anyway from people who don't know.

Thanks for the tutorial! Very helpful!

Out of all of this, I love how he couldn't get hired anywhere bc he was a felon...so he created his own certification to become a PT and recreated a more positive version of himself. This is a great story.

I love to see people reformed and changed for the better after doing bad things. People like this guy who has grown and learned from his past. Sad about the father and brother though

For those of you wondering what happened to his father and brother for them to both die on the same day, apparently they died in a double suicide, or possible murder/suicide. I skimmed through his podcast so I didn't get all the deets but if you want more info it's S3E13

I genuinely thought he would say “This is diamond thief support”

"regret sucks man"I know the feeling, brother. Really interesting look into the criminal mind...gone straight. Bravo!.

I'm not sure how I feel about the dad telling his sons to drop their school, their futures, their education, their everything pretty much for a life of crime because of HIS own mistake. How do you give your whole life savings to someone you don't know, HOPING that a stranger is being truthful, especially when you have kids who are wanting to have a bright future? That's really, really bad on the dad's part. I feel for you Bryan, I really do. I'm sorry for what happened to your brother and your father.

Love to see this guy sit down with Larry Lawton, just to hear them compare notes would be epic

I can only speak to my jewelry experience in the U.S., but much of what he said about the gemstones themselves simply isn't true. If you are in a reputable business, the diamonds on display will be exactly what they claim to be. We even kept a diamond on display that was not for sale. We used it to show what you would find at a less reputable jewelry retailer. It was exactly 1ct, but was noticeably smaller than the other 1ct diamonds we had in stock. Why? Firstly, it did weigh out to exactly 1ct and it was S1 in clarity with a g color. On paper it's a very nice stone. The difference was the cut. the girdle was too thick, and the Pavillion was too deep. Because the cut was poor it made the diamond's table area, the flat area at the top of the diamond, much smaller. These are things we took into account when sourcing diamonds. We would order 3-5 of the same (or as close as possible) size and quality diamonds, pick the ones (if there were any) that met our required percentages for the cuts, and then did a clarity and color verification ourselves. I did get certified by the GIA to grade diamonds. He is correct in the statement that diamonds are not rare. Perfect diamonds are rare, even when they are man made. The probability of carbon turning to diamond instead of graphite is low, and even lower still is the probability that the resulting diamond's crystalline structure is free from imperfections or inclusions. Then he commented on Sapphire and Emerald being more rare than diamond. Emeralds, especially perfect emeralds are very rare. Sapphire is not. If he is referring to a perfect deep blue sapphire, then yes those are rare. Sapphires in general however, not at all rare. In fact, if you purchase a watch at over $600 the chances are very high that the crystal covering the watch face is sapphire. Personally if I was going to reference a stone as being much more rare than diamond, then I would have said Alexandrite. If you don't know about Alexandrite, please take some time to check it out. Right now it looks like quality Alexandrite is only available to be mined in 3 countries. If its so rare, how come I can find some for pretty cheap? If you are seeing inexpensive Alexandrite, then it's either lab created or is a brownish yellow color with little to no color shift, and that is undesirable. If you want a real challenge, find a perfect deep blue (almost purple) to green shifting Alexandrite at 2ct or larger. Yes the stone changes colors depending on the type of light it is reacting to. As a side note, if anyone ever tells you to buy jewelry as an investment or labels something as "investment quality," punch them in the face and leave because they are trying to screw you. Only ever buy jewelry because you love the piece and it will bring you joy. Jewelry is not an investment. maybe 1% of the time you will find a buyer willing to pay more for your piece than you did. It just does not happen. Also keep in mind that appraisals are retail value. You will never sell your piece to a retailer or wholesaler for that price. They will give you 30-45%, if you are lucky, of what the appraisal states your piece is worth. My apologies for the small novel.

"regret sucks man" I know the feeling, brother

He seems to be a very smart and calculating person, learned this from his dad. A shame they went this path down, he could achieve something else with his time. Which he has now.

Glad to know that the uselessness of prisons is a global phenomenon — Pete from the cocaine trafficking video called prisons the "finishing schools of crime."

This should be a 90 mins Netflix special!

it's really cool that they had a rule to not hurt people tbh