Nehal Modi, Former Samuels CEO, Charged in Diamond Deal
December 23, 2020 A New York grand jury has indicted Nehal Modi (pictured), the former CEO of Samuels Jewelers and Gitanjali USA, with grand larceny for allegedly defrauding diamond company LLD of $2.6 million. According to the statement of facts from Manhattan D.A. Cy Vance Jr., in March 2015, Modi, then head of Noble Titan Holdings, approached the office of LLD—owned by diamond baron Lev Leviev—about buying nearly $800,000 worth of diamonds on credit, claiming that he wanted to sell them to Costco. The D.A. charged that none of the diamonds were sold to Costco, but that instead Modi pa...