Yaorong Wan was charged with grand larceny Tuesday after allegedly stealing a watch worth more than $17,000 from a jeweler in Nassau County. Police have linked him to multiple other jewel thefts across the world.
Alleged international jewelry thief Yaorong Wan is sneaky and sophisticated, according to investigators. While he may have stumped some last month after allegedly pocketing a watch worth more than $17,000 from London Jewelers in Manhasset, Nassau County detectives say they have outsmarted him."He uses a distraction technique to distract the sales personnel to look in another direction.
The 49-year-old allegedly swiped a diamond worth $250k and switched it with an imitation."He’s wanted in California, Miami, New Jersey, New York City, South Korea and he came into Nassau," said Nassau district attorney Anne Donnelly.Wan is also wanted by Interpol in connection to a $332,000 theft in Korea back in 2018. Investigators say he has used the name Wen San to evade police, and he entered the U.S. illegally as an asylum seeker in December.Nassau detectives, the NYPD, and U.S.
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