A man who admitted his role in the Pearson gold heist tells court testifying is traumatizing him

Arsalan Chaudhary testified in the Brampton, Ontario, trial of Parmpal Sidhu, who has pleaded not guilty to theft over $5,000 and conspiracy in the 2023 heist.

stolen from Pearson airport on Apr 17, 2023

6,600 gold bars

Peel Regional Police have said 6,600 gold bars weighing more than 400 kilograms were stolen from the airport on Apr 17, 2023, after the shipment arrived from Switzerland.

Prosecutors allege Sidhu, then an Air Canada employee, provided a doctored waybill that let another man pick up more than $22 million in gold and currency from a cargo bay.

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Chaudhary, sentenced this spring to four years in prison and given 40 years to repay $22 million, said he planned the heist with a man who is still wanted.

Canada · 19 d ago

A man who admitted his role in the Pearson gold heist tells court testifying is traumatizing him

Arsalan Chaudhary testified in the Brampton, Ontario, trial of Parmpal Sidhu, who has pleaded not guilty to theft over $5,000 and conspiracy in the 2023 heist.

Peel Regional Police have said 6,600 gold bars weighing more than 400 kilograms were stolen from the airport on Apr 17, 2023, after the shipment arrived from Switzerland.

Prosecutors allege Sidhu, then an Air Canada employee, provided a doctored waybill that let another man pick up more than $22 million in gold and currency from a cargo bay.

Chaudhary, sentenced this spring to four years in prison and given 40 years to repay $22 million, said he planned the heist with a man who is still wanted.

A man who admitted his role in the Pearson gold heist tells court testifying is traumatizing him

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