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 mints 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.
Ever notice this doesn’t happen with the soft commodities? Wheat? Soybeans? Rice?
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Not that youve heard of! Brown rice, anyone? ;-)
Volume of a sphere having radius 2.33 cm is 40.7 cm3.
Density of gold is 19.32 gm/cm3.
Mass of solid gold golf ball therefore = 786 gm, or 27.7 oz (more than 1.5 lb).
Therefore value of 27.7 oz golden golf ball at current gold price of $1357/oz would be $37635.
“BUM” = That`s British English and Canadian slang, not American English slang- for buttocks.
“Buns” is American slang.
I ain`t in Canada. I don`t speak Canadian.
I’m sure everything will come out alright for the Mint in the end.
What a hard way to make a bit of money...
Keep in mind two bard would weigh roughly 4.4 pounds.
And two bard will get you Twenty!
Hate it when I miss an error like that.
I appreciate the mention.
"bars"
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
And one Bard will get you Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Midsummmer Night’s Dream, etc., etc.!
Butt that was an awful joke.
I call this BOGUS
That’s Bend Over and Crease Up Sucker .......
2.2 pounds of gold per carry.
A feat not possible for a hetero man.
That will make a splash
May even crack\break the porcilean.
Plumber: *Your sure go through a lot of toilets. Ever thought of taking a stool softerner?
This ingot smells funny...
I’m not going to look at gold the same way ever again... yuck...
Why am I thinking about Goldie Hawn’s butt?
A Typo ?
Funny.
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