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A French national was arrested on suspicion of stealing a large sum of money from the company he worked in.

• 13 марта 2014, 12:26

A rare Stradivarius violin, which was once stolen and offered for just £100 ($162, 118 euros) by thieves, sold at auction in Britain on Wednesday for £1.3 million ($2.3 million, 1.6 million euros).

• 19 декабря 2013, 14:57

A Vancouver woman earned widespread notoriety Tuesday for stealing back her bicycle from a thief after seeing it advertised online.

• 29 августа 2013, 10:20

A cunningly disguised stolen work by Dutch contemporary artist Jan Schoonhoven managed to fool experts at the world's largest art broker Sotheby's.

• 24 августа 2013, 15:50

Two thieves stole a 70,000 euro ($93,000) diamond ring from a Cannes jewellery store on Tuesday, pocketing the gem while a saleslady had her back turned.

• 21 августа 2013, 17:09

A former Hong Kong fortune teller has filed an appeal against his 12-year jail term for forging the will of late billionaire Nina Wang in a bid to steal her fortune.

• 11 июля 2013, 17:16

A former executive of iconic New York jewelry store Tiffany was arrested on Tuesday for stealing more than $1 million worth of valuables which she later resold.

• 04 июля 2013, 12:55

Chinese hackers have gained access to secret designs for a slew of sophisticated US weapons programs, officials said Tuesday, possibly jeopardizing the American military's technological edge.

• 30 мая 2013, 18:58

Using the Internet to spy and steal sensitive data is standard practice by all countries, according to the security chief of controversial Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.

• 29 мая 2013, 10:31

A high-powered commission said Wednesday that intellectual property theft was costing the United States the equivalent of all its exports to Asia and urged a tougher approach to China.

• 24 мая 2013, 11:50

Jewellery worth $1.4 million due to be loaned to stars at the Cannes Film Festival was stolen from a local hotel in a pre-dawn heist on Friday but the coveted Palme d'Or trophy was safe.

• 19 мая 2013, 12:23

Thanks to be new development a stolen cellphone can be completely blocked and made inoperable in any of Kazakhstan's networks.

• 18 февраля 2013, 18:47

The plants taking part in construction of Western Europe-Western China road are involved in embezzlement of over 400 tons of crude oil.

• 12 февраля 2013, 10:48

A US federal court handed down prison terms Tuesday to an American man and a Mexican woman for trying to sell a $3 million Henri Matisse painting stolen from a Venezuelan museum.

• 23 января 2013, 14:16

Members of an organized criminal group stealing oil from Kumkol-Shymkent pipeline were apprehended in South-Kazakhstan oblast.

• 21 декабря 2012, 18:05

Vandals have stolen at least four ancient rock carvings, apparently using cement-cutting circular saws to slice them out of a valuable archeological site in California.

• 20 ноября 2012, 15:20

FBI agents have recovered what is believed to be a Matisse painting valued at $3 million that was stolen from a Venezuelan museum 10 years ago, and arrested two suspects.

• 19 июля 2012, 17:48

A German tourist has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle four endangered iguanas out of the Galapagos Islands, according to the national park.

• 10 июля 2012, 16:23

UAE will extradite the criminal who has stolen $20 million from Kazakhstan Temir Zholy.

• 14 мая 2012, 17:14

5 tons of packed chrome anhydrate were stolen from the chrome compositions plant in Aktobe.

• 05 апреля 2012, 16:39