![]() ![]() With the loss of their merchandise, some of the jewelers are forgoing upcoming trade shows. “We never thought to insure it for more because it was so costly, so expensive,” he said. He is still calculating what he believes to be their fair-market value, but by his estimation, Supreme Gems’ lost merchandise alone dwarfs the $8.7-million valuation that Brink’s has attributed to all of the stolen shipments combined.īut, like some of the other victims, Lee gave the items he shipped with Brink’s a declared value of $400,000. Lee said that the cost of his stolen inventory - 1,300-plus items his company amassed over roughly 30 years - was at least $12 million. I can’t bring my face downtown and let people see me.” “Vendors don’t even ask me for money right away: They give me items on consignment. “With my reputation - built for so long - people trust me,” said Lee, who founded Supreme Gems’ predecessor company in 1992. The complaint seeks to limit any payout Brink’s could have to make to the jewelers to that amount, alleging they “substantially under-declared the value of their shipments.” (Some jewelers have said they assigned their merchandise lower values than their fair-market costs to reduce shipping fees.) The total value of the loot is the subject of two lawsuits filed in August: one lodged by Brink’s against the affected jewelry companies, and another brought by the jewelers against the Richmond, Va., security and logistics giant.īrink’s alleged in its lawsuit that the stolen items had a declared total value of $8.7 million - a figure it said was drawn from agreements signed by its jewelry business customers. He declined to discuss details of the information shared in the voicemail message. Jerry Kroll, attorney for the 14 jewelry companies, said that his clients are cooperating with the FBI and have provided investigators with images of their stolen merchandise and, in one case, passed on a tip that a jeweler received via voicemail. ![]() Investigators believe that the heist was the work of sophisticated criminals, given the lack of violence and the speed of the thieves’ work, among other factors. I was terminated without ANY prior warnings just because I was late once by 5 minutes! Needless to say, I was quite happy to leave that job.The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which is working on the case with the FBI, so far has said little about the inquiry. Management provides no feedback to employers' about their performance. Full-time employees are unionized, and are treating part-timers like garbage. Dispatch can change any vehicle's route without asking it's crew's consent, even if it completely messes up their route schedule. Front-line staff are completely at management's and dispatchers' mercy. The company seems to be exempt from provincial and federal laws regarding commercial vehicles safety, otherwise half of it's fleet would be impounded by MTO. Many company's vehicles are so old and are in such poor condition, that wouldn't look out of place in a scrapyard, and sure wouldn't pass any safety inspection. I should have became an AZ truck driver instead. It is not unusual for a Brinks driver to pull 13-14 hours shift behind the wheel of a company's vehicle, if the business requires, with only one 30-minute break (which is technically against the law, but the company doesn't care). Completely inadequate pay for the type of work you do, and a risk associated with it (part-timers are getting just over a minimum wage). ![]()
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