Australian mint worker jailed for hiding coins in his boots

So, the only reason this moron got caught was because he was trying to change a large number of coins into notes.

Sloppy, very sloppy!

Australian mint worker jailed for hiding coins in his boots

SYDNEY (AFP) - A former worker at the Royal Australian Mint who stole thousands of dollars from his employer by hiding two dollar coins in his boots was jailed for three years.

William Bosia Grzeskowiak, 48, admitted to stealing a total of 135,852 dollars (100,145 USD) in coins and notes between April 2005 and February 2006.

Over the 10-month period, the coining hall worker regularly walked out with about 600 dollars worth of two dollar coins in his boots, and sometimes his lunchbox, under the eyes of watchful security guards.

He escaped detection thanks to his steel-capped boots which he did not have to remove when being screened by security.

Grzeskowiak was arrested in the southern state of Victoria in February after he tried to change a large number of two dollar coins into notes.

Prosecutors alleged that he had also succeeded in exchanging an additional 23,310 dollars into other forms of cash by the time of the arrest, pointing to diary entries in which he referred to moving specific sums.

But Justice Terry Connolly said it could not be proved that Grzeskowiak had taken this extra amount because the mint was unable to say how many two dollar coins were missing.

The judge criticised the Canberra mint's security, saying it was extraordinary it had failed to detect someone walking out every day with up to 150 coins in each boot.

Justice Connolly imposed a non-parole period of 18 months and ordered that Grzeskowiak repay 4,000 dollars. Police have already recovered more than 100,000 dollars from his mother's garage.


A former worker at the Royal Australian Mint who stole thousands of dollars from his employer by hiding two dollar coins in his boots was jailed for three years.