Man accidentally brought $40m in gold bars home from work. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/us/politics/fbi-arrest-cia-official-gold-bars.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l1A.MBmZ.kIxBVy-OWqEF&smid=nytcore-ios-share A commercial 400-oz gold bar is $1m, so that’s 10,000 pounds [corr. 300 kg ] of gold in that closet.
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@carlmalamud We've all probably brought home the occasional ballpoint, the spare pad of note paper, the odd gold bar. But this seems a little over the top.
@carlmalamud The story says it's just over 300 kg.
@carlmalamud The article says 303 1kg bars. That's 666 pounds. 1kg is currently ~USD140k
@mikej Ah, you're right. I like your math better.
@carlmalamud When $40illiokbkn gold bars is described as a 'whoopsie' just imagine all the internal CIA craziness we never hear about.
@carlmalamud Who among us has not pilfered a few office supplies… some supply cabinets are just better stocked than others ;-)
@carlmalamud Well, I accidentally brought home a USB stick one time, so I can see how that could happen.
a bit more than a few office supplies, i'd say. ;)
