Perth Mint thief stole gold to fund fiancee's lifestyle demands ('18)
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 12:28 pm
While looking for news on the Perth Mint data breach - thread - I saw this from last year.
Apologies if it has already been posted.
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Perth Mint thief stole $55,000 in gold coins, bars to fund fiancee's lifestyle demands
Apologies if it has already been posted.
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Perth Mint thief stole $55,000 in gold coins, bars to fund fiancee's lifestyle demands
He was caught after an audit was conducted by the Mint's security, which revealed five gold bars and eight gold coins were missing from a vault.
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"Quite simply, Mr Viola wasn't coping with the fact that his relationship was failing and he also wasn't coping with the fact that he couldn't afford to maintain a lifestyle which was necessary for that relationship to be maintained."
Mr Allen urged Judge John Prior to impose a suspended jail term, describing Viola as "a very fragile person" who had "a complicated psychological background".
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Ms Keogh said Viola used his role as a technician to get access to all areas of the Mint and had convinced security staff to change their protocols so that computer hard drives were not x-rayed, by falsely claiming it would damage data.
He also fended off one security officer's attempt to examine a computer tower by telling the officer it was sensitive and would be damaged if inspected properly.