Two men accused of money laundering in alleged million-dollar WA gold theft to plead not guilty
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FebFebruary 2021 at 8:07am
Simon Leslie Gash, left, and Russell Wilson Holden leave the Kalgoorlie Magistrate s Court today after appearing on property laundering charges.
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The directors of a privately-owned earthmoving and haulage company have faced court today over their alleged part in a million-dollar gold theft in Western Australia s Goldfields.
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Five people have been charged over the alleged theft
Police claim 8,465 tonnes of gold-bearing ore was stolen, with an estimated value of $1.18 million
The ore was being processed at the Greenfields Mill, located 3km east of the Coolgardie town site
Accused gold thief Patrick Rhyan Keogh pleads not guilty to million-dollar theft at Greenfields Mill
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FebFebruary 2021 at 1:43pm
The Greenfields Mill is on the outskirts of the Western Australian gold mining town of Coolgardie.
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The former general manager of a gold mill is set to fight a range of serious charges over an alleged million-dollar theft in Western Australia.
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Patrick Rhyan Keogh, who oversaw two FMR Investments operations, has pleaded not guilty
Mr Keogh has been released on bail after posting a $100,000 bond
Patrick Rhyan Keogh is one of five people charged over the alleged theft of 8,465 tonnes of gold-bearing ore estimated to be worth $1.18 million from the Greenfields Mill in Coolgardie.
Two men, woman charged over alleged million-dollar gold theft at Coolgardie s Greenfields Mill
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The Greenfields Mill in Coolgardie, Western Australia.
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Three people, including a woman in a senior management position, have been charged in connection to an alleged million-dollar gold theft in Western Australia s Goldfields.
Key points:
Three people have been charged over the alleged theft
Police claim 8,465 tonnes of gold-bearing ore was stolen with an estimated value of $1.18 million
The ore was being processed at the Greenfields Mill, located 3km east of the Coolgardie townsite
Detectives from the Kalgoorlie-based Gold Stealing Detection Unit have charged a 73-year-old Geographe man and a 40-year-old man from East Fremantle with stealing as a servant.
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Gold Stealing Detection Unit arrest 25 January The Gold Stealing Detection Unit (GSDU) investigating the potential theft of large quantities of gold bearing ore, executed 9 search warrants at residential and commercial properties in the Kalgoorlie and Busselton areas between December 2020 and January 2021 resulting in the arrest of two men and a woman.
Information obtained during the investigation led GSDU detectives to focus on a toll milling contract at the Greenfields Mill in Coolgardie, where a parcel of 16,931 tonnes of gold bearing ore was processed.
The 16,931 tonnes of ore produced 1,881.8 ounces of gold with an approximate gold value at the time of $3,368,704.00.