The Maple Syrup Heist of 2011
Canadian True Crime
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Rishar Valley Air's Maple Syrup Theft
26 people were arrested in relation to the theft of maple syrup. Some charges were dropped, others went to trial and some pleaded guilty. Sebastian Dutra was sentenced to 42 months imprisonment for his role. He also testified against the other participants at their 2017 trials. It came out that as much as $200,000 in cash was exchanged for each syrup transaction. Investigators had found cash in shoe boxes during their raids,. Also discovered a large rotation of burner phones, through which they were able to track the text messages. The federation managed to turn buyers into criminals.
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