Gemological Institute of America kulipira Lazare Kaplan $ 15 miliyoni

Chigamulochi, chomwe chinaperekedwa mu September 2013, chikulamula GIA kuti isamutse $ 15 miliyoni ku LKI pamtengo wokwanira. LKI yavomeranso kupereka chilolezo chaukadaulo wojambula ku GIA, pomwe GIA idzalipira LKI mpaka pa Julayi 31, 2016. Malinga ndi kuwerengetsera kwa LKI, malipiro sangapitirire 10% ya ndalama za kampaniyo.

Mlanduwu udayambika mchaka cha 2006, pomwe GIA ndi "wotsutsa mnzake", PhotoScribe, adayimbidwa mlandu wophwanya ufulu wa LKI paukadaulo wojambula diamondi. Sizikudziwika pakadali pano ngati chigamulo cha GIA-LKI chinakhudza milandu ndi PhotoScribe, yomwe imakana kuphwanya patent ya LKI.

Kuchokera ku lipoti lomwe linatumizidwa ku Securities Commission, zikuwonekeratu kuti LKI sinathetse nkhani zake zonse zalamulo: kumvetsera pakati pa LKI ndi Antwerp Diamond Bank kukupitirirabe.

Mlandu wa ADB ndi zina "zokayikitsa zazikulu zikuwononga kuthekera kwa LKI kupitiliza bizinesi monga mwanthawi zonse komanso popanda zoletsa zilizonse, komanso kuthekera kwa kampaniyo kusunga ndi / kapena kukulitsa ntchito zake," lipotilo lidatero.

"Zokayikitsa" zonsezi zidalepheretsa LKI kufalitsa zotsatira zaposachedwa zachuma. Kampaniyo sinapereke zidziwitso zonse zachuma kuyambira 2009, chifukwa chake magawo a LKI adachotsedwa ku NASDAQ stock exchange.

Zidziwitso zochepa chabe za momwe LKI zilili pazachuma zomwe zimapezeka kwa anthu. Mwachitsanzo, kampaniyo inanena kuti zogulitsa zonse zomwe zidatha pa Novembara 30, 2013 zidakwana $13,5 miliyoni, kutsika ndi 15 peresenti kuchokera nthawi yomweyi chaka chatha.

LKI idati kutsikaku kudachitika chifukwa chakutsika kwa malonda a diamondi "opanda chizindikiro" opukutidwa. Komabe, ndalama zanthawi yomweyi zidachulukanso kuwirikiza kawiri kuchoka pa $15,6 miliyoni mpaka $29 miliyoni chaka chatha, zikomo mwa zina chifukwa LKI idathetsa bwino milandu yake ya GIA.