Posted on 04/29/2018 12:24:10 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
Two kilograms of gold have gone missing from the Royal Canadian Mint, three years after an employee repeatedly — and with international notoriety — stole chunks of the precious metal by hiding it in his rectum.
The mint confirmed Thursday that an employee has been fired and the RCMP called after the discovery of the missing gold, two one-kilogram blanks, together worth about $110,000.
“Last month, as a result of robust internal inventory processes, employees of the Royal Canadian Mint reported a small amount of gold missing from the premises,” Alison Crawford, the senior manager of public affairs, wrote in an email Thursday.
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The admission from the mint comes 15 months after employee Leston Lawrence, then 35, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for stealing about $190,000 worth of gold nuggets by stuffing them in his rectum.
Lawrence, an operator in the mint’s refinery section, was convicted Nov. 9, 2016 of stealing 22 gold “pucks” during a three-month period that began in December 2014, then reselling them and spending the proceeds.
Though the method of escape was never proven, the mint and the judge were satisfied Lawrence must have hidden the pucks — about the diameter of a golf ball — in his rectum as he exited the secure area after his shift.
Richard Pryor
His proctologist was Goldfinger.
When his prison term is over, he will be able to fit cinder blocks in there....
Once found they better melt the gold down at least twice....
All over $110K?
That’s chump change to a California state pensioner!
So he is the guy who shit gold bricks?
Melting point of gold is 1947.52 degrees F. Probably not necessary.
Wonder if he had a crown or two for his teeth (or dentures!) that he filled with a little bit gold at the end of every shift.
I think I will never buy Canadian gold after knowing where it has been.
Doody said Lawrence was caught doing doody with gold nuggets.
Real old one:
Rectum? Hell, it darn near killed 'um!
Doody said he believed Lawrence must have hidden the gold pieces — - - -
Doody?
Bwa Hah!
I was thinking more the Worms in Men In Black...
Well played!
Old E*Trade ad: “He’s got money coming out the wazoo.”
Oh yeah?
Sticky Situation: $30 Million in Maple Syrup Stolen from Canada’s Strategic Syrup Reserve
Goldfinger?
The Man With the Golden Buns Bum
Heh heh heh
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