And finally…there’s gold in them there buttocks!
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A worker at the Royal Canadian Mint has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after a judge ruled that stole gold from his place of employment by hiding it in his rectum.
According to Ontario-based 570 News, Leston Lawrence, 35, hid the gold “pucks” in his bum to bypass metal detectors.
Lawrence, who worked at the Canadian Mint from 2008 until March 2015, first aroused suspicion when he cashed two checks worth $15,200 from Ottawa Gold Buyers.
The bank alerted the police, who then began surveillance on him. When police investigated Lawrence’s safety deposit box, they found four gold nuggets along with Vaseline and latex gloves, which Judge Peter Doody said “could have been used to facilitate insertion of gold items inside his rectum.”
Lawrence was found guilty of laundering the pucks through Ottawa Gold Buyers in November.
Judge Doody ruled Lawrence had waddled out of the mint with 22 gold nuggets worth $165,451.14 and ordered him to pay $190,000 in restitution.
In his ruling, Judge Doody noted the prison sentence will serve to deter others.
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