A Manhattan man grabbed a $1.6 million bucket of gold and ran for it.

[Lucille]

Phil had to live that day over and over until he got the timing right.



http://www.esquire.com/news-politics...robbery-video/

Call it the Great Truck Robbery. Bucketgate. The Gold Flake Dash. Goldghazi. A man happened upon an armored truck sitting unattended with its back door wide open in midtown Manhattan and decided to take a look inside. In a flash, he made off with an 86-pound bucket of gold worth $1.6 million. He scurried down the street with it and escaped the scene. The NYPD is still searching for him, which explains why they released this surveillance video of the incident today in an attempt to track him down:



According to police, the man came across the truck—operated by Loomis International, a valuables transport company whose stock certainly is not up today—near 48th street and Sixth Avenue. He snagged the five-gallon bucket of gold flakes destined for Ontario, Canada, and wheeled down Sixth Avenue into gold-flecked mystery. The suspect is 5'6", approximately 150 pounds, and in his 50s. His arms are probably sore.

[tod evans]

I'm smilin'

[angelatc]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/...D=ansmsnnews11

Armored car driver leaves a bucket of gold flakes on the back bumper while he goes to the cab to grab his cell phone. Random guy walking down the street in Midtown grabs the bucket. Lugs it to his van, taking an hour to complete what is normally a 10 minute walk.

Police believe he fled to Florida.

Heh. So what would gold flakes be used for / obtained from?



Video and pics at link: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/...D=ansmsnnews11

Video here as well: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/ny...th-street.html

[Lucille]

Beat you to it by four minutes!

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...and-ran-for-it

[angelatc]

Beat you to it by four minutes!

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...and-ran-for-it

Dammit. That's what happens when I try to post while working. It takes me 30 minutes to get the post done between customers and then i don't think to check again. Murphy's Law also says those will be the only customers we have all day.

I'll flag to delete.

[RJB]

PMs can do that to a fella.

[Jamesiv1]

dude is on a plane to a private island in the Caribbean.

wait..........

[oyarde]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/...D=ansmsnnews11

Armored car driver leaves a bucket of gold flakes on the back bumper while he goes to the cab to grab his cell phone. Random guy walking down the street in Midtown grabs the bucket. Lugs it to his van, taking an hour to complete what is normally a 10 minute walk.

Police believe he fled to Florida.

Heh. So what would gold flakes be used for / obtained from?



Video and pics at link: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/...D=ansmsnnews11

Video here as well: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/ny...th-street.html

If it is gold dust it was mined that way , if it was flake probably jewelers scrap .On the way to a refinery I imagine . I can usually get more than spot for nice natural nuggets because people make jewelry out of them . In my home stream though there are no nuggets just dust .

[presence]

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/atq/5899668391.html

I have this bucket of gold flakes that I acquired via completely legitimate means whilst strolling downtown the other day. Only problem is 7-11 won't accept them, they don't fit in the chip reader at Target, and my landlord said I'm a bucket short of next month's rent. I've tried to use some of them for arts and craft projects but I'm just NOT CREATIVE ENOUGH!!! You know what they say -- an 86 pound Bucket of Gold Flakes that's given to an honest man in a very legal transaction can't buy artistic talent. Even though these flakes are practically unusable as currency, I'm begging you to buy them off me because I'm tired of having to hide the bucket of gold flakes from my friends and family, who all believe I'm an honest man. Because I am an honest man. These were obtained legally.

[TheTexan]

PMs can do that to a fella.

To a fella?

[phill4paul]

Goldshlager all around!

[Danke]

Was Oyarde in NY this week?

[oyarde]

Was Oyarde in NY this week?

I am taller and have better hair . I am also strong enough to run with that bucket . It has though come to my attention though that there are squatters up state there on some of my land so I sent NY a tax bill . I cannot be bothered with going that far East .

[phill4paul]

I am taller and have better hair . I am also strong enough to run with that bucket . It has though come to my attention though that there are squatters up state there on some of my land so I sent NY a tax bill . I cannot be bothered with going that far East .

That's exactly how I would have responded to such an accusation. nudge, nudge, , .

[Suzanimal]

Lugs it to his van, taking an hour to complete what is normally a 10 minute walk.

And they didn't catch him? O_o WTF? LOL, finder keepers.

[PaulConventionWV]

Right now, I'd be a lot more focused on the guards who left an armored vehicle full of precious metals with the back wide open unattended on a busy NY street. I'm really curious to know how someone can be so criminally stupid. This guy was doing the world a favor by showing what happens when you are this stupid.

[BV2]

Was there a rainbow?

[fisharmor]

Right now, I'd be a lot more focused on the guards who left an armored vehicle full of precious metals with the back wide open unattended on a busy NY street. I'm really curious to know how someone can be so criminally stupid. This guy was doing the world a favor by showing what happens when you are this stupid.

I have a friend who is a professional Jeweler. The security where he works is so strict that he has to have a pair of shoes that he stores at work which he has to change into everyday like mr. Rogers.
His company has a warehouse in Louisiana. He told me that during Katrina, that facility never lost power and was never unmanned.
In short, knowing what I know about how one family business treats their precious metals security, I would be surprised if the driver is actually not a suspect.

[PaulConventionWV]

I have a friend who is a professional Jeweler. The security where he works is so strict that he has to have a pair of shoes that he stores at work which he has to change into everyday like mr. Rogers.
His company has a warehouse in Louisiana. He told me that during Katrina, that facility never lost power and was never unmanned.
In short, knowing what I know about how one family business treats their precious metals security, I would be surprised if the driver is actually not a suspect.

Haha, I have to do that anyway. It's the Chinese custom to change your shoes (or wear bags over them) when entering a building, so it doesn't seem strange to me.

[Lucille]

Man Who Stole $1.6 Million Bucket Full Of Gold In Midtown Manhattan Has Been Identified
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-1...een-identified

Overnight the police not only identified the man, but according to their latest speculation, the gold thief has moved on from Florida, and is now to be found as far away from NY as possible.

On Tuesday, NYPD identified the man as Julio Nivelo. He is now believed to be in Los Angeles. NYPD Det. Martin Pastor says Nivelo, 53, is a convicted felon who's known to the NYPD as Luis Toledo, among other aliases. He's a career thief who's been arrested seven times and deported four times to his native Ecuador, according to Pastor.

Nivelo, a native of Ecuador, fled to Orlando, Fla., before heading to California, WNBC reported on Tuesday night. Mr. Nivelo, who was living in West New York, N.J., at the time of the theft, had previously been arrested seven times and deported four times, the station reported.
[...]
The police released several photos of Mr. Nivelo. Nivelo was a man about town before the heist, it appears: photos show him posing at Washington Square Park and with a figure of the pope at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum.



Loomis has offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and conviction, police sources said.

Below is the NYPD post seeking the public's help in finding Nivelo... and the $1.6 million in gold that is supposedly in his vicinity.

[oyarde]

Luis Toledo , LOL , I met him in Ecuador .

[oyarde]

Was Oyarde in NY this week?

Do not think I did not notice that you disappeared when the russian ambassador got shot .

[Spikender]

I actually know people in America who can help smuggle this man to Ecuador, but I want half of those Corn Flakes in return.

[brushfire]

BFD... Its not like its money or anything.

[pcosmar]

It was not me.

but may God forgive me,, I did grin.

[oyarde]

They deported this guy about a half a dozen times . Guess he will be self deporting this time .

[pcosmar]

They deported this guy about a half a dozen times . Guess he will be self deporting this time .

beyond LOL