{"id":253258,"date":"2026-06-03T04:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/253258\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T04:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:31:24","slug":"model-allegedly-behind-1m-nyc-designer-heist-dons-6k-outfit-while-denying-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/253258\/","title":{"rendered":"Model allegedly behind $1M NYC designer heist dons $6K outfit while denying charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 21-year-old fashion model donned a nearly $6,000 runway-ready designer gettup into court on Tuesday to deny charges he carried out a $1 million heist of a high-end boutique in SoHo.<\/a><\/p>\n

Abdallah Diaby\u00a0strutted his way through Manhattan Supreme Court sporting a slew of John Varvatos necklaces that \u2014 according to a store rep \u2014 retail for a combined total of $3,174.<\/p>\n

On top of his heavy neck load, Diaby wore $775 Saint Laurent high-top sneakers, $1,500 yellow Balmain biker jeans and a green, plaid Lacoste dress shirt to his arraignment, where he pleaded not guilty to criminal possession of stolen property and other charges.<\/p>\n

The Bronx native sported $775 St. Laurent sneakers as he denied charges of burglarizing the SoHo shop. Tam Nguyen\/NYPost Design; Steven Hirsch for NY Post<\/p>\n

Diaby, a Bronx native, was arrested on Feb.19 after security camera footage linked him to a four-person heist during the early morning hours on Dec.1, 2025 inside Spring Street\u2019s 4Gseller designer boutique, the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n

The three other suspects are still on the lam.<\/p>\n

The crew rolled up to the ritzy SoHo shop in a silver Ford SUV, wearing construction vests and black clothing as they climbed scaffolding with a ladder to break into the store, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

The store\u2019s security footage caught the whole heist. <\/p>\n

4Gseller owner Tommy Macari said the brazen bandits had snatched up a lot of one-of-one custom pieces.<\/p>\n

\u201cKind of like the movies, to be honest,\u201d Macari said. <\/p>\n

Diaby\u2019s John Varvatos necklaces retail for more than $3,000, a store rep told The Post. Steven Hirsch for NY Post<\/p>\n

The heist was caught on the store\u2019s surveillance footage. Kyle Mazza \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Cops said the crooks stole 20 St. Laurent jackets, 30 designer bags and other high-end merchandise. Kyle Mazza \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were just dropping them off the balcony and someone was running it to the car.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cops said the crooks ran off with 20 St. Laurent jackets, 30 designer handbags and other high-end merchandise.<\/p>\n

Diaby is represented by TWO MGMT, a Big Apple modeling agency which boasts many top-tier clients.<\/p>\n

He recently modeled in shoots for a Sinclair Global and Puma collaboration as well as for StockX.<\/p>\n

The alleged thief was similarly stylishly dressed when first appearing in court after his February arrest.<\/a><\/p>\n

Diaby been granted supervised release without bail since as the non-violent charges are not eligible for bail in New York state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 21-year-old fashion model donned a nearly $6,000 runway-ready designer gettup into court on Tuesday to deny charges…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[303,58759,23956,57,4860,9,56,63,65,64,3210,58],"class_list":["post-253258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-crime","tag-designers","tag-heists","tag-metro","tag-models","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-soho","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}