Gold is where you find it, but this is ridiculous. There are people who steal and then there are clever people who steal. But they always miss one thing, and the repetitive check deposits for the same amount sent up the red flag which “nipped him in the butt.” I had to say it, comes with the territory.
The case against Leston Lawrence, 35, of Barrhaven concluded in an Ottawa courtroom Tuesday. Justice Peter Doody reserved decision until Nov. 9 on a number of smuggling-for-cash charges, including theft, laundering the proceeds of crime, possession of stolen property and breach of trust. The Uck! factor aside, the case was also an illuminating look at security measures inside the Mint, the building on Sussex Drive that produces hundreds of millions of gold coins annually for the federal Crown corporation. “This is the Royal Canadian Mint, your Honour, and one would think they should have the highest security measures imaginable,” Barnes said in his closing submission.
Criminals always make a mistake, and in the end, his was a doozy.
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