Jaythan Gilder, 32, is accused of posing as a representative of an Orlando Magic player before he swiped two pairs of earrings worth $769,500 from a Tiffany & Co. in Orlando, police said.

A suspected thief swallowed US$770,000 (S$1 million) worth of diamond earrings that US police said he swiped off a Tiffany’s store in Florida. The theft happened on Feb 26 at the Mall at Millenia in Orlando, reported US news outlet NBC News.

A man in Orlando is accused of swallowing nearly $1 million in stolen diamond Tiffany jewelry before he was arrested, an arrest affidavit says. Officers from the Orlando Police Department on Feb. 26 responded to the Tiffany & Co.