Man involved in $22M gold heist from Pearson airport sentenced to 4 years in prison
Posted on: Apr 09, 2026 20:39 IST | Posted by: Cbc
A 43-year-old adult male has been sentenced to 4 years in prison house in link to the multi-million-dollar atomic number 79 heist at Pearson airport in 2023.
Peel police arrested Chaudhary in January after he flew to Toronto from Dubai. He was charged with theft over $5,000, two counts of possession of property obtained by crime and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.
On Wednesday, Judge Shannon McPherson of the Ontario Court of Justice sentenced Chaudhary to four years in prison minus 174 days for time already served during pre-trial custody.
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While Chaudhary actually spent 87 days in pre-trial custody, the judge added some time due to harsh conditions at the Maplehurst Correctional Complex, said Bassi.
He said the judge also handed down a restitution order of 40 years due to the $22 million that was stolen.
Bassi said the crown prosecutors had requested Chaudhary to face seven years in prison.
Police have called the Pearson incident the largest gold heist in Canadian history, and seven other suspects have been arrested in connection with the case.
The heist took place on April 17, 2023 after a flight arrived from Zurich, Switzerland, with a cargo shipment of 400 kilograms of gold — valued at more than $20 million at the time — and about $2.5 million in foreign currency. The items were reported missing the following day.
Two groups were involved in the case, Mavity said in January — one being Air Canada employees, who police are alleging helped facilitate the theft, and a group of outsiders, to which Chaudhary belonged.
Mavity said Chaudhary is believed to have facilitated the sale and movement of the gold out of Canada.
One suspect referred to him as the heist's "top dog," the document said.
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