Gems boss tells how he fell victim to £4.2m ‘Oceans-Eleven’ heist

The chairman of society jeweller Boodles told how he was lured to a hotel in Monaco by a investors who ended up tricking him in an ‘Oceans-Eleven-style’ diamond heist. Georgeta Danila, 52, was allegedly part of the team of criminals who tricked staff into handing over gems worth £4.2m at the family-owned firm in New Bond Street on 10 March 2016. The high-end store was visited by accomplice Lulu Lakatos, calling herself ‘Anna’ who posed as a gemologist carrying a…

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