Gold missing after magician's scam purchase

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt's eleven, this is BBN Crime Watch, and tonight a street magician in Australia has avoided jail after about one hundred forty-five thousand dollars of gold simply vanished.

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterPicture the scene, Chip.

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterFebruary sixth, twenty twenty-five, Melbourne, a man collects ninety-eight thousand seven hundred sixty dollars of gold bullion, and soon it is gone, no puff of smoke, no cape!

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorGone where?

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterHe told police he handed it to an unknown person the moment he picked it up. Allegedly.

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterNobody has recovered the gold or any of the money.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe money came from a company called Lucon Industries, which lost one hundred sixty-five thousand dollars, and the court heard he was broke and got some of the leftover cash.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDid anybody ask the stranger for a receipt?

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterThe judge says he was not directly involved, so he got a hundred fifty hours of community work, and the gold got a far better deal. It's still out there, unsupervised!

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    Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOur BBN Crime Index gives this case a six. A magician made gold vanish, and the only witness to the trick was the magician himself.

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    Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterAnd he still can't pull a rabbit out of a hat! That's Crime Watch, back same time tomorrow.