How thieves drained 3000 tonnes of maple syrup with water and a scale
About this episode
Charlie Cruz explores the elaborate scheme behind the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.
The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist drained three thousand tonnes of syrup from a federally regulated strategic reserve worth eighteen million Canadian dollars. The thieves rented legitimate access to the same warehouse where the reserve sat, then quietly emptied barrels over more than a year and refilled them with water to maintain the correct weight so routine checks showed nothing missing. Charlie Cruz walks through the mechanism, the weight check vulnerability they exploited, and the routine audit that finally caught them.
Topics covered
- theft
- maple syrup
- crime
- Canada
- auditing
- strategic reserve
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