The Watch King jewelry influencer tased and robbed of 560K in NYC ambush: โ€˜Iโ€™m scared to leave my house nowโ€™


A popular jewelry influencer known as โ€œThe Watch Kingโ€ was zapped with a Taser and robbed of more than half a million dollars in jewelry during ambush outside his home in Queens, New York โ€” and now he says heโ€™s scared to leave his house.

Moshe Haimoff, 39, who has over two million followers on social media, believes the robbery by the masked men last Wednesday was no random hit.

โ€œIโ€™m scared to leave my house now,โ€ he told The New York Post. โ€œItโ€™s my home, itโ€™s where I feel the safest, but I canโ€™t because now they know where I live.โ€

Surveillance video released by the NYPD shows Haimoff being approached around 10 a.m. by a masked man in a construction workerโ€™s vest.

Moshe Haimoff, 39, who has over two million followers on social media, believes the robbery by the masked men on Wednesday was no random hit

Moshe Haimoff, 39, who has over two million followers on social media, believes the robbery by the masked men on Wednesday was no random hit (DCPI)

The man shoved him to the ground, then was joined by an accomplice wearing a similar vest. They tore off Haimoffโ€™s watch, chain, and three bracelets before fleeing in a silver Mercedes-Benz SUV with a waiting getaway driver, police said.

โ€œIโ€™m sure I was targeted, Iโ€™m sure I was set up,โ€ he said. โ€œMy neighbor left the house two minutes, three minutes before me, nobody touched him.โ€

He added that heโ€™s especially relieved his 13-year-old son wasnโ€™t with him at the time.

โ€œLuckily I didnโ€™t take my son to work that day,โ€ he said. โ€œUsually my son comes to work with me in the summertime and I didnโ€™t take him that day.โ€

Haimoff said one of the robbers used a stun gun on his right leg, causing it to give out as he tried to flee back toward his house, where a surveillance camera recorded the attack.

The thieves initially took another necklace but tossed it back after spotting his โ€œWKโ€ logo on it.

โ€œThat they threw at me and said we canโ€™t use this,โ€ he recalled. โ€œSo they left it.โ€

The NYPD said the total value of the stolen jewelry was approximately $559,000. Haimoff said his watch alone was worth around $400,000.

The Watch King gained a large following online thanks to his celeb-filled and informational videos about designer watches

The Watch King gained a large following online thanks to his celeb-filled and informational videos about designer watches (Instagram)

Haimoff was treated for cuts and bruises to his wrist and neck at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, but said he said heโ€™s left always looking over his shoulder.

Since the attack, heโ€™s hired 24/7 security and checks his surroundings constantly when walking to his car.

โ€œThank God Iโ€™m alive,โ€ he said. โ€œThatโ€™s all that matters.โ€

No arrests had been made as of Monday. The NYPD has released images of the suspects and the getaway vehicle.



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