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Re:The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist by andreyf on Friday March 13, 2009 @11:07AM (#514930)
This seems very likely - I imagine a lot of prosecutors are as careerist as people in any other profession. Given a choice between "high probability of successfully prosecuting someone who might have been set up" versus "low probability of successfully prosecuting the real criminals", they will, of course, pick the former.

In a way, everyone wins here - except the insurance companies, I suppose. The criminals some money, the prosecutors make a career.

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Re:The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist by ph0rque on Friday March 13, 2009 @12:13PM (#515009)
All I know is that this story is begging for a movie to be based on (The Ocean series or The Italian Job). Hmmm... according to the article, Notarbartolo looks rather photogenic and he has the charm... maybe the real payout is Notarbartolo starring in a movie based on a heist he also starred in?
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