New York City celebrity jeweler ‘Benny Da Jeweler’ who has worked with Nicki Minaj, Usher and Ice Spice is robbed of $1 MILLION worth of gems by two gun-wielding thieves in Manhattan’s Diamond District at 1.30am
- Famous jeweler Benny Nisanov, who operates under the name 'Benny Da Jeweler', was held at gunpoint in his West 47th Street
- Jewelry worth $1 million was stolen from his store, the suspects are still at large
A famous New York City jeweler was robbed of an estimated $1 million worth of jewelry from his Manhattan store in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Benny Nisanov was held at gunpoint in his store on West 47th Street in Manhattan's Diamond District.
Nisanov, who operates under the name 'Benny Da Jeweler' and boasts a client list of A-listers including Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice and Usher, told police the thieves had broken in with firearms and threatened to shoot.
The robbers looted several pieces of jewelry from a display case with an estimated value of $1 million before running outside and getting into a black sedan, police said.
The getaway car, possibly a Mercedes, was last seen heading westbound, officers said.
Ice Spice, a celebrity client of Benny Nisanov, was seen wearing his jewelry on Saturday Night Live
Benny Nisanov, who operates under the name 'Benny Da Jeweler', was held at gunpoint
The New York Police Department told DailyMail.com that no arrests have been made yet.
Around 1:26 a.m. Thursday, we responded to a 911 call for a robbery on W 47th Street,” an NYPD spokesperson said.
“Preliminary investigation indicates that two unknown male individuals entered the location simulating firearms and the individuals removed jewelry.
'No injuries and no arrests have been reported yet. The investigation is ongoing.”
A famous New York City jeweler has been robbed of an estimated $1 million worth of jewelry
The West 47th Street store in Manhattan's Diamond District was robbed Thursday morning
Nisanov, 37, was seen at the world's largest jewelry fair, the New York Post reported, but declined to comment on the matter.
“He has a lot of famous clients,” a neighboring bling seller told The Post, adding that Nisanov is “a family man.”
Nisanov did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment.
It comes just days after another high-profile jewelry store in Miami was robbed.
Monday morning, two unknown suspects broke into a neighboring nail salon before entering C4G Jewelers in Hialeah, stealing more than $1 million in merchandise.
The duo spent hours breaking through the shared wall between the salon and the jewelry store before they finally got through.
Footage shows the pair attaching a wire to a six-foot safe before pulling it out in a pickup truck.
The distressed owner said losing the safe is the worst possible outcome.
'This is the nightmare I never wanted. And it happened today,” he said.
'We have twelve employees, who are part of my family. They are not real blood, but I care for them like family. We have been together for many years.
'This is the high season for us. Then we get the most profit out of all the bad seasons we have just had. This just happened and it's crazy. Thats crazy.'