Suspect used fraudulent document to steal $20M in gold during heist at Toronto airport: lawsuit

Security company Brink’s has launched a lawsuit against Air Canada following the gold heist at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport last spring(opens in a new tab), alleging that the airline allowed an unidentified individual to walk away with $20 million in gold and millions in cash after presenting personnel with a fraudulent waybill.

The new allegations about the unsolved heist, which occurred at the airport on the evening of April 17, were found in a statement of claim filed by Brink’s with the Federal Court of Canada on Oct. ---More...