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Pearson gold heist organizer handed 4-year prison sentence
A main organizer of what authorities have described as the largest gold heist in Canadian history has been sentenced to four years in prison. Arsalan Chaudhary, 44, has also been ordered to repay $22 million – a restitution order that will be in place for 40 years – for his involvement in the April 2023 theft at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Ontario Court Justice Shannon McPherson delivered her sentence in a Brampton, Ont. courtroom Wednesday. Chaudhary, who was arrested this January at Pearson after arriving on a flight from Dubai, was charged with theft over $5,000, two counts of possession of property ... (full story)