article_snippet: Morrison says Morrison received the bonafide purchaser of this emerald as collateral from gem dealer Larry Biegler for a shipment of diamonds for which Morrison paid $1.3 million but never received.
article_snippet: gem dealer Larry Biegler in 2008 claimed to Morrison--who was still awaiting Morrison diamonds--that Morrison'd been kidnapped by the Brazilian mafia, according to Bloomberg.
article_snippet: gem dealer Larry Biegler had tried to pacify Morrison with two buckets of low quality emeralds
article_snippet: Morrison sold for just $20,000 and Morrison realized Morrison was unlikely to ever receive his diamonds.
article_snippet: So, Morrison convinced Morrison's cohort Jerry Ferrera to help Morrison get even with gem dealer Larry Biegler by taking possession of the Bahia Emerald.
article_snippet: In a subsequent 2014 court ruling, gem trader Mike Downie was also eliminated from consideration by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson.
article_snippet: LA County cops then got involved and tracked the emerald down to Las Vegas, where Morrison and Ferrara had planned to sell Morrison and Ferrara.