article_snippet: It was a stone to be used as an asset for investment.
article_snippet: The caller was persuasive, The caller was persistent and always suggesting to the investor that purchasing coloured diamonds was an investment that would get good and reliable returns.
article_snippet: ‘purchasing coloured diamonds was an investment that would get good and reliable returns were told often that diamonds would be scarcer and rarer and therefore more valuable because a mine, or mines, were closing or had closed.
article_snippet: Hider Esphari, 28 (right) were told this was a limited time opportunity and Hider Esphari, 28 (right) were told that the investment was guaranteed to provide a good return, depending of course on how long the diamond was kept before selling on.
article_snippet: Calls would be followed by letters that provided more concrete information about the investment prospect of the stones.
article_snippet: Hider Eshpari told The client Hider Eshpari worth would rocket at Chinese New Year when demand for the diamonds increased.