Upper West Side gold bar theft, Digi Mart USA News (Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City): New York police are asking the public for help identifying a man suspected of stealing a bag of gold bars worth $9 million on the Upper West Side, according to the authorities. The theft occurred on a Wednesday in April 2025 in broad daylight.
According to police, the victim believed his financial assets had been compromised after an alert appeared on his computer. He was the target of an online fraud scheme and was told that he had to buy precious metal.
Someone online instructed him to purchase the gold and hand it over.
The meeting point had been arranged near 81st Street and Broadway. The 67-year-old man arrived carrying a bag of gold bars, each about the size of a chocolate bar, and handed it to another man, who took the bag and fled on foot, the police said.
More than a year and a half after the incident, the New York Police Department is investigating the case as grand larceny. Investigators this week released security camera footage and images of the man they believe took the bars and are asking the public for information that could help identify him.
Isaac Kahan, owner of Bullion Trading LLC, a gold and silver dealer in Manhattan’s Diamond District, commented on the logistics involved in the heist. The report notes that the account is based on the publisher’s reporting and the police statements it describes, and the details have not been independently verified.
