Fed: Half a tonne in $2 coins smuggled out of mint in boots

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: April 6, 2006 | Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)
04-06-2006
Fed: Half a tonne in $2 coins smuggled out of mint in boots

By Robin Pash

CANBERRA, April 6 AAP - A man smuggled half a tonne of $2 coins out of the Royal Australian
Mint in his boots and lunch box and kept notes of when he exchanged the money, a court
has been told.

The theft has forced a major security upgrade at the Mint, which produces 10 million
coins every week.

William Grzeskowiac, 48, of Monash, today pleaded guilty in the ACT Magistrates Court
to dishonestly appropriating the money between April 2005 and February this year.

The court ...

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