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THERETAIL JEWELER 47 Retail Academy and Becka Johnson Kibby will present a series of three seminars on Succession and The Life Cycle of Ypur Store_ _Doug Hucker president of the American Gem Trade Association will offer a seminar on Falling in Love With Color _and Shannon Oleen a professional speaker and athlete and a former cheerleader for the Kansas City Chiefs will present a seminar on Working with Different Generations and a closing keynote on Overcoming Roadblocks And Turning Your Goals Into Reality. For additional information or to register go to the website for the Midwest Jewelers Conference Show www. midwestjewelers.org or call 800-487-7822. GIA Extends Diamond Confirmation Service Investigation continues additional arrests made In response to concerns expressed by members of the trade GIA has extended the submission date for the confirmation service announced on Nov. 25 2015 by two months to March 31 2016. Anyone with a GIA grading report originally issued between November 2014 and October 2015 who is concerned about the validity of the report due to the unauthorized changes to grading reports uncovered in October 2015 may submit the original report and the referenced diamond to any GIA location for the confirmation service at no charge until the March 31 deadline for submissions. The investigation into the fraudulent alteration of GIA reports by outside parties continues. GIA has shared the client communications and information about these fraudulent changes with the Indian police. As a result of the cooperation between GIA TCS and the Indian authorities six additional people have been arrested making a total of eight arrests. To date only 297 invalidated reports have been returned to GIA. It is imperative that all of the diamonds and their reports be returned to GIA to remove the fraudulently altered reports from the market.