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German businessman Alexander Böcker was reading the news with his wife when she told him about a robbery at the Louvre in Paris. They soon saw an opportunity.
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Inspector Clouseau? The mystery man in an AP photo after the Louvre jewel heist creates a buzz
A photo taken by an Associated Press photographer after the brazen daylight robbery at Paris' Louvre Museum is generating an online buzz.
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Boecker's AgiLo furniture lift was used in last weekend's jewel heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, and the German company's social media post went viral.
The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France, according to French radio RTL, after an audacious daylight heist last week exposed the famed museum's security vulnerability.
Speaking to the New York Times, Camus confirmed the man was an unidentified passerby and had no known connection to the case. Camus said he snapped the picture because he was drawn to the man's outfit and how it connected to the Louvre. The man appeared "old-fashioned like a museum can be," according to Camus.
Veteran detectives who have worked on similar cases said French investigators have a lot of evidence to work with in the Louvre jewel heist.