Nashville Diamond Thieves Caught

Published on 15/08/11

He was well dressed, sophisticated, friendly. Just the kind of customer to browse diamonds costing tens of thousands of dollars.

But Victor Lupis, 25, was no shopper.

Behind the warm green eyes, infectious charm and delicate frame was a grab man for an interstate diamond heist ring that spent a year nabbing nearly $2 million in jewels and platinum. Lupis and his crew knocked over jewelers in California, Oregon, Nevada and Florida, with cunning, charisma and speed.

A February pit stop on their cross-country spree included Genesis Diamonds in Nashville, where Lupis filched $270,000 worth of jewelry.