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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bqcoins, post: 138757, member: 5036&quot;]A worker at Australia&#039;s mint has been jailed for stealing thousands of dollars of newly-minted coins which he smuggled out in his boots. William Bosia Grzeskowiak was jailed for three years for stealing A$135,000 ($100,000) in new two-dollar coins over a 10 month period up to February 2006. </p><p>He avoided detection by hiding the coins in his steel-tipped boots, sometimes putting 150 coins in each. </p><p>Grzeskowiak, 48, was arrested while trying to change the coins into notes. </p><p>The judge criticised security at the Royal Australian Mint, in Canberra, saying it was &quot;extraordinary&quot; a worker could walk out with 300 coins in his boots. The mint has since upgraded its systems. </p><p>Prosecutors said Grzeskowiak put newly-minted coins in his pocket, then transferred them to his boots while inside a lavatory cubicle.&nbsp; Grzeskowiak said he started stealing because of an argument with his boss, and that he took the money because he enjoyed the challenge. Police found A$100,000 in coins hidden in plastic buckets and shopping bags in the garage of Grzeskowiak&#039;s mother. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Holy cow that takes the cake![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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