Seven people have been identified as the thieves who targeted a Brinks truck in Southern California three years ago, pulling off what officials say is “the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history.”

The July 2022 heist resulted in the theft of “approximately $100 million worth of gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and luxury watches,” the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release.

The jewelry was being transported from a jewelry show in San Mateo, California, to another in Pasadena, according to the DOJ. The theft occurred when the truck had stopped at a rest stop in Lebec, in Kern County, just north of Los Angeles County.

Some of the stolen jewelry was recovered by authorities earlier this month, the DOJ said.

Seven people have been charged with with two counts of conspiracy to commit theft from interstate and foreign shipment and theft from interstate and foreign shipment, the DOJ said.

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