NEW YORK (AP) – A jewel thief who is wanted in connection with crimes committed from Florida to South Korea stole a diamond ring worth $255,000 from a Tiffany store in New York by switching it with a cubic zirconia replica, authorities said. Wan left without buying anything and the employee put the ring back in the display case. A week later, Tiffany employees discovered during a routine inventory that the diamond ring had been replaced by a fake with a cubic zirconia stone. Wan was arrested Friday and arraigned Saturday in Manhattan criminal court on grand larceny charges. The theft took place on March 4 at a Tiffany store in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center complex, according to a criminal complaint filed by the district attorney’s office. Wan is also charged with stealing a diamond ring worth $25,000 from a Cartier store in the Hudson Yards complex on March 12. In the second case he pocketed the ring and didn’t leave a fake in its place, according to the complaint. Wan’s attorney, Amanda Barfield of New York County Defender Services, declined to comment Monday. Police detectives viewed surveillance footage from the store and saw Wan slip the genuine ring into his palm and switch it with the fake, according to the complaint. He has open arrest warrants in New Jersey and in Nassau County on Long Island; is a suspect in thefts from Cartier stores in California and Florida; and also is wanted in South Korea on charges of stealing from high-end jewelry stores, Assistant District Attorney Eliana Ramelson said at his arraignment. Yaorong Wan, 49, asked an employee to let him see several pieces, including the quarter-million-dollar ring, according to the complaint.

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Chantel Jeffries was pretty in a tiny pink hoodie Wednesday while shopping in Los Angeles. The 23-year-old model showed her toned legs in a long-sleeved LPA Sweater 210 worn as dress and accentuated her pins with tan thigh high heeled boots. Winter just got a little hotter! She took to Twitter on Wednesday to announce she’s getting into the jewelry business, too. She recently had gigs in Orlando and New York City and performed during a New Year’s Eve show in St. Bart’s. Chantel, who has about 2.4 million followers on Instagram, also runs her own make-up business. She accessorized with sunglasses and large golden hoop earrings. The Wilhelmina model was with Justin in his rented Lamborghini when he was arrested in January 2014 in Miami for drunken driving, drag racing and resisting arrest. The DJ also had a tan purse slung on her shoulder. Chantel had her long dark hair gathered in a high ponytail while shopping at The Grove outdoor mall. Chantel calls herself CeeJay The DJ on social media. AP Rocky in an ad campaign for Guess. Had such a great day designing my Jewlery line. I can’t wait for you guys to see!

WASHINGTON (AP) – Do businesses have to collect sales tax on purchases made on the internet? A: South Dakota passed a law in 2016 designed to challenge the Supreme Court’s physical presence rule. If a business is shipping to a state where it doesn’t have an office, warehouse or other so-called physical presence, it doesn’t have to collect the state’s sales tax. States generally require residents who weren’t charged sales tax on a purchase to pay it themselves, often through self-reporting on their income tax returns. A: The rule is the result of two decades-old Supreme Court cases. States say their losses mean cuts to critical government programs and that those losses compound as online shopping grows. It’s South Dakota’s law that’s now at the center of the case at the Supreme Court. Sellers who want the court to keep the current rule say free or inexpensive software touted as a cure for the challenges of tax collection isn’t accurate. Tax rates and rules vary not only by state but also by city and county. Taxes can even vary within a zip code. Q: How does this affect states? The law requires out-of-state sellers who do more than $100,000 of business in the state or more than 200 transactions annually with state residents to collect and turn over sales tax to the state. A: Sellers who defend the current rule say collecting sales tax nationwide would be costly and extraordinarily complex, especially for small sellers. Q: Where does the physical presence rule come from? Q: Who charges sales tax online right now? Sellers on eBay and Etsy, which provide platforms for smaller sellers, also don’t collect tax nationwide. But states have found that few people comply. At the time, the court was concerned in part about the burden collecting sales tax would place on the catalog company. Q: What are examples of online retailers – https://www.backtoglamour.com/blog/2024/06/10/when-layering-your-necklaces/ – that don’t collect sales tax nationwide? A: States say they’re losing out on billions of dollars in tax revenue each year because of the Supreme Court’s physical presence rule. But other online sellers can often sidestep charging sales tax. They say more sophisticated software is expensive and collecting taxes nationwide would also subject them to potentially costly audits. Q: What is the case for businesses that don’t currently collect sales taxes nationwide? More than 40 states are asking the Supreme Court to get rid of the physical presence rule. The court first adopted its physical presence rule on sales tax collection in a 1967 case dealing with a catalog retailer. But a Supreme Court case being heard Tuesday could change that. The answer right now is: It depends. A: Large retailers such as Apple, Macy’s, Target and Walmart, which have brick-and-mortar stores nationwide, generally collect sales tax from their customers who buy from them online. Q: Why is the Supreme Court taking up this issue now?

Kate Middleton made a sweet tribute to her children as she wore a necklace with their initials on during a visit to a prison in Surrey on Tuesday. It’s incredible, it’s very calm and controlled. The Princess went on to visit the institution’s award winning restaurant, The Clink, that helps inmates become trained in hospitality, where she complimented staff on their ‘delicious looking food’ and met families working with the Forward Trust. It comes as Kate’s brother-in-law Prince Harry enjoyed watching Invictus Games events in Dusseldorf today as he prepares for his wife Meghan to join him later on. A Kensington Palace spokesman confirmed to the Daily Mail that the hurt finger were ‘a small injury, nothing serious’, adding that the Princess had not broken anything. And though it was a precious token of love, it was hardly one of the Crown jewels, as it was a gift from her sister Pippa which was on sale for £89 from an online boutique. During the visit, that comes ahead of Addiction Awareness Week in October, she met serving prisoners who are receiving addiction support from the prison. As she went through the Category C prison entrance, that welcomes 2,000 visitors a month, the Princess was shown what Penny’s reaction is like when something is found on a person. The mother-of-three paired the Daniella Draper chain with an Alexander McQueen suit as she visited HMP High Down. Despite the injury from her Windsor garden, she smiled through the pain as she greeted staff and parents of former offenders with a handshake. The Princess of Wales was spotted with a mischievous grin on her face as she was searched by a prison guard and a drug detection dog during her royal visit to a male prison in Surrey. The product is described as a Personalised Gold Midnight Moon Necklace and is described as ‘universally representing the rhythm of time as it embodies the cycle. Looking typically stylish, the mother-of-three opted for a favourite blue Alexander McQueen and grinned broadly as she arrived for the visit to the prison near Sutton that helps those in the criminal justice system recover from addiction. The Princess of Wales, 41, opted for the £1,070 gold necklace engraved engraved with ‘G C L’ for Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. In February 2014, she was photographed proudly wearing a new necklace that carried a disc engraved with Prince George’s full name – George Alexander Louis – and a heart-shaped charm inscribed with the letter ‘W’ for her husband William. Kate Middleton, who had her fingers strapped following a trampolining injury, sat on a wooden chair as the black Labrador called Penny and security team checked her as she entered HMP High Down. Kate, who is a patron of the addiction charity the Forward Trust, told staff: ‘Amazing. She was previously seen wearing the look in 2012 for a visit to Cardiff.

Shares in Premier Investments have rallied despite a first-half profit slump, after billionaire chair Solomon Lew said he was in no rush to spin-off a key brand until the valuation was right. Premier posted a first-half net profit after tax of $117.1 million, with pre-tax profits down 12.7 per cent as sales for kids stationary giant Smiggle slumped 14.5 per cent from the equivalent half. Premier also no longer holds any interest in Myer shares. Despite the result, which was in-line with earlier forecasts, Premier Investments shares surged more than 5 per cent to over $22 by lunchtime on Friday, after chair Solomon Lew told a media call a much-anticipated Smiggle spin-off wouldn’t happen until the price was right. The seven retail brands delivered underlying earnings before interest and tax of $162.0 million, global sales of $857.8 million and a gross margin of 62.7 per cent for the half. Mr Lew also noted Premier was being prudent with its Peter Alexander UK expansion and was holding off on opening new stores. Total sales were down 1.8 per cent to $455 million, excluding sleepwear brand Peter Alexander UK, due to “a challenging discretionary retail environment”. A potential Smiggle listing had originally been flagged for January 2025, and a Peter Alexander spin-off is also under consideration. When asked a question about ousted Smiggle boss John Cheston, who was sacked last September amid allegations of serious misconduct and interference with human resources probes, Mr Lew confirmed investigations were ongoing. Premier Retail interim chief executive John Bryce said Smiggle and Peter Alexander sales remained best in class. Premier’s net profit before tax was down 12.7 per cent to $148.4 million. The half was the last six months Premier would own its Apparel Brands group, which it sold to Myer in January. Mr Lew told reporters. Peter Alexander meanwhile delivered record sales of $297.7 million, up 6.6 per cent on the same half last year. The Apparel transaction and cooling sales left Premier shareholders without an interim dividend this time around.