Still No Answers On Canadian Mint Theft

[jeff of pa]

Thieves might have smuggled mint gold in acid

OTTAWA -- Was $15-million worth of gold stolen from the Royal Canadian Mint by dissolving it in acid, rendering it invisible to metal detectors?

Two gold-refining industry sources say gold chloride dissolved in an acid solution can be unrecognizable to metal detectors, such as those guarding the mint's high-security Sussex Drive refinery in Ottawa -- and the method might explain the recently announced disappearance of more than half a metric ton of gold from the mint's inventory.

"It could be taken out in that form . . . in a liquid chemical form," one U.S. refining executive said.

A similar method was used to hide two Nobel laureates' gold medals from the Nazis when Germany occupied Denmark in 1940.

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1784168#email

 

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[jeff of pa]

Not just gold missing from mint; hunt also on for silver, platinum

OTTAWA - More than just a fortune in gold is missing from the Royal Canadian Mint. Silver, platinum and palladium have disappeared, too, but the mint won’t say how much.

Independent audit results released this week found no accounting, bookkeeping or other internal errors to account for about 17,500 troy ounces of gold missing from the mints inventory, the equivalent of almost 44, 400-ounce bars valued at $15.3 million.


http://www.vancouversun.com/busines...+hunt+also+silver+platinum/1758132/story.html

 

[texan connection]

Wow, might be the biggest hiest of all times. Great link

 

[Likely Guy]

I'm not saying nothing.

 

[ivan salis]

brains not brawn type of robbery --very carefully done --- if their really smart however they are gone already --and have been for some time .(take what you need don't be a greedy idiot and stick around too long.) greed screws em up all the time.

when you make a better mouse trap ---- you weed out the dumbest rats first --thus in effect only the smart or trap "leery" ones survive to breed -- thus you in effect are making the rats smarter over time .

the same thing goes for crooks the dumbest ones are the ones that get caught --robbing nickle and dime stuff ---the brains --real pros --like those that pulled this job are seldom if ever caught. unless their greedy and over play their hand. * greed will get everytime if you let it.

 

[Likely Guy]

I would like to go on record as categorically denying any involvement in the theft.

I am pretty sure that Ivan Salis is also innocent.

Fact #1 - The Canadian mint is located near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Fact #2 - Muddyhandz is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Like I said, I'm not sayin' nothin'.

 

[ivan salis]

not guilty of this bank robbery in any way you bet. ( remember wize guy rule #1 never "admit" to anything or tell em anything , make em "prove" their case with out any help from you -- you got the right to ask for a lawyer and shut up till you talk to your "mouth piece"-- be smart use it) -- that said --- "innocent" is not a word that most folks would "attach" to me for some reason.

remember a "not guilty" verdict does not mean your "innocent" * ( please note that judges use the term / words of "not guilty" rather than "innocent" )-- which only really means that legally they can not "prove" your guilty --- often thats a far cry from you actually being "innocent" of the crime .

 

[Old Dog]

I think along the wrong lines.
Taking something that large would never be something I could do.
Guess I'm destined to be poor.

 

[ivan salis]

remember a teller at a store --that shorts the till just 1 cent a day --5 days a week --50 weeks a year --for 20 years will steal $50 bucks during that time (do the math) --it termed smurffing taking a tiny bit so no one "notices" --accountants often retire rich of of a missing nickle here or there off of other folks accounts.

if one takes a mere $1 per day --5 days a week --50 weeks a year -- for 20 years thats $5,000 dollars!! and if one deposits that $5 weekly in the bank it draws interest amounting to much more money long
term.

lucky for the world at large -- I'm not a dirty low down theif

 

[Zephyr]

It was covered by insurance, eh?
I'm inclined to believe that it either never existed in the first place (similar to running a 'phantom payroll'), there is some small accounting error somewhere (a couple of misplaced decimal points for instance), or the Can gov't "stole" it themselves & are engaged in a coverup.
More likely, it wasn't even stolen at all, and was accidently poured down the drain (with a lot of CYA by the mint operators.) That last one is more plausible....