Avi Taub, 29, was recently indicted on charges that he took $3.3 million of
diamonds on memo and didn’t pay for them. He pleaded not guilty to charges of
grand larceny and insurance fraud and was held on $100,000 bail.
Taub and his family members had conducted business as A. Taub Diamonds,
building up credit before disappearing in April 2007.
Taub had filed a police complaint on June 13, claiming he was mugged, and
then filed an insurance claim.
Shortly thereafter, when police searched Taub’s parents home in Long Beach,
they found him hiding in a bedroom closet with two of the diamonds he had just
claimed were stolen.
Dealers have filed a suit against Taub’s family to get their stones back.
