Gold swindle recreated
The Friday Feature this evening, “The Great Gold Swindle,” recreates a bold and brilliant crime which resulted in the defrauding of the Perth Mint of gold bullion, then worth $650,000, in 1982. The screenplay tells of an ingenious and elaborate plot which led the Mint to hand over bullion in return for three dud building society cheques. Throughout the planning and execution of the swindle, the men behind it remained almost entirely hid-
den. Largely working by telephone and letter, they used a series of dupes and temporary employees to carry out their swindle.
But when they were caught they proved not be classic criminals or con men. They were three brothers, the Mickleburgs, two of whom were abalone divers and the third a helicopter pilot. And their detection came about because of one fatal flaw in their operation which led to the tracing of two of the cheques to them.
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Press, 20 September 1985, Page 15
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