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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'

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Go to all that work and then get found out by using shitty spray paint.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 66 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Now that's good. I wonder how they got caught.

...technicians removed the motor casing and found a rotor “wrapped in a cord wheel which was tied to tape.”

“It was not similar to a normal motor,” he added.

After examining the rotor, authorities found traces of glue at both ends of the machinery part. Using a hammer, they then tapped the part and “noticed unevenness,” indicating the metal was far more malleable than it should have been. Scraping away at an outer layer of silver paint showed flecks of gold.

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You'd think the first clue would be that gold is 2.5x heavier by volume than steel and is 7x heavier than aluminum.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I did the math lower down:

Probably don't notice when you're using a forklift.

My math says that's 133 kg of gold. Not all that much. If you replaced the metal volume, the additional weight is approx 81 kg.

[–] jonwyattphillips@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)
[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago

A kg of gold is worth ~75,500.

You're saying a kg is worth $60 million.

[–] Umbrias 12 points 7 months ago

It would've been less suspicious to just have them laying around.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 40 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They found $5 million in gold, how weird.

[–] Cerothen@lemmy.ca 26 points 7 months ago

I wonder if 2.5 million in gold with be enough for prosecution.

[–] mySFWaccount@lemmy.ca 15 points 7 months ago

They even put the parts back in the original air compressor. Hilarious.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 7 months ago

They did a variant of Goldfinger's smuggling technique?

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 4 points 7 months ago

They should have tried not getting caught