Canadian Mint Employee Accused Of Smuggling $180k Of Gold In His Rectum

At least in the 1960s when stuff was being back doored out of the RCM ,it was in a somewhat hygenic paint can.........oh dear paint had lead back then .

We have all heard about the chicken that laid the golden egg. Maybe this guy had the golden butt and depending on what he ate, gave him nuggets. It's just his nuggets were golden.

What aaaa.... Donkey?

Excellent point.

I'm still amazed that the guy could allegedly steal both the pucks and coins without RCM knowing any were missing through reconciliations. It would make me wonder if others were accomplices and RCM chose not to open a can of worms. In my opinion the entire situation stinks!

"Records revealed 18 pucks had been sold between Nov. 27, 2014 and March 12, 2015. Together with dozens of gold coins that were redeemed, the total value of the suspected theft was conservatively estimated at $179,015."

If he's convicted I'd bet his sentence will be light. The employer has a certain level of responsibility toward due diligence regarding security in order to protect employees from temptation, whether it be "down and dirty" or otherwise.

My guess, having worked at several commercial and industrial plants, including a refinery, is that stuff goes missing all the time.
I can say that contractors leaving the mint likely get searched far better than this guy did. And security is only an illusion if they are in on it. I'm Not saying that was the case but I have seen it done at beer breweries. A guy walked passed his buddy in security and joked about how be worked out on his break and now had six pack abs, (which was actually a 6 pack folded top to top in the plastic rings they come in, stuffed in his shirt)
I'd love to work at the mint but would be to worried and to honest to ever try this stunt.

News video on the theft -- http://globalnews.ca/news/2953841/r...000-in-gold/

Bullion dealers are required to comply with Money Laundering regulations which requires then to compkete disclosure documentation that includes full details of every customer transaction over $10,000 and submit the forms to the Goverment.

Given the alleged $180k theft took place between Nov14 and Mar15 and the banker noticed it due to the frequency of the cheques being deposited and funds transferred, it's possible the Bullion dealer was intentionally flouting Money Laundering laws by ensuring less than $10,000 was cashed at a time. If that occurred, the company will be up you-know-what creek.

As income inequality becomes greater and greater and the middle class becomes poorer, how often is stuff like this going to happen. I'm surprised more people don't try to steal from the Mint. Theft is usually caused by two things, desperation and greed.