The defendant, an Operator-Refinery at the Royal Canadian Mint, was charged with theft of gold, conveying gold out of the Mint, possession of property obtained by crime, laundering proceeds of crime, and breach of trust by a public official.
The Crown's case was based entirely on circumstantial evidence.
The defendant stole gold pucks from the Mint by secreting them on his person and removing them through security checkpoints.
He sold 18 of the stolen pucks to Ottawa Gold Buyers for approximately $138,000 and used the proceeds to fund the purchase of a house in Jamaica and a boat in Florida.
The court found the defendant guilty on all five counts.
