Jewelers, Dealer Sentenced For Helping Fence Stolen Jewels
Two jewelry store owners, a New York City dealer, and two other men have been sentenced for assisting a plot to fence stolen jewels, according to a...
GIA Says Fake Inscriptions, Reports Accompanied Lab-Grown, Treated Diamonds
In August, the Times of India reported that a businessman in Surat, India, had been charged with selling diamonds that had fake GIA inscriptions....
Report: India Discovers Grading Reports With Mismatched Diamonds
A businessman in Surat, India, has been charged with selling diamonds with GIA grading reports that accompanied gems of lower quality than those...
Why Afghan Gems Could Be Subject To Sanctions
In 2019, after Trump administration officials demanded the industry declare the source of all its materials, a gem cutter complained to JCK that...
FTC to Review Green Guides Next Year, Jewelry Guides in 2028
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will start reviewing its Green Guides next year, and its Jewelry Guides in 2028, the agency announced in the...
Tiffany, Costco Finally End Eight-Year Legal Battle
Tiffany & Co. and Costco have settled their eight-year legal fight, sparked when Costco used the word Tiffany to describe some of its...
Most Jewelry Can’t Be Called “Made in USA” Under FTC Rule
If a jewelry manufacturing plant is located in the United States, that plant can say its jewelry is made in the USA, right? Or at least...
Jeweler Suspected of Shooting Someone in Store
Jose Francisco Valiente-Martinez, 44, owner of Littlejohn's Fine Jewelry in Gilroy, Calif., faces murder charges after allegedly shooting and killing...
The Strange Tale of Mehul Choksi Gets Even Stranger
When former Gitanjali Gems chair Mehul Choksi (pictured) was arrested in late May, it looked like he would, after three years on the lam, finally...
Former Kimberley Process Chair Can’t Enter United States
Bernhardt Esau (pictured), who chaired the Kimberley Process (KP) when it split over the issue of Zimbabwe exports, has been barred from entering the...