$700,000 in gold dust missing from Pfizer lab

[jeff of pa]

Police in Missouri are trying to determine
if hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold dust
missing from a Pfizer medical research lab was stolen or simply misplaced.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that police in Chesterfield began their investigation after the gold dust turned up missing during an annual inventory of the lab. Pfizer Inc. had purchased the gold dust for $700,000 in 2011 to be used for research.
And while small amounts of gold dust may technically be light, it's unlikely that a light breeze blew away the entire supply. The Dispatch notes that $700,000 in gold dust would weigh between 30 and 70 pounds.

"We're not even sure if they just didn't account for it and it was used naturally, or if it was stolen or misplaced," said police Capt. Steven Lewis. "Some of it is gone and some isn't."


$700,000 in gold dust missing from Pfizer lab | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News

 

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[spartacus53]

I'll bet they had it in a big pile on a table and an elephant came by and sneezed on it

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

"Simply Misplaced".....Im sure that has to be the most logical answer

 

[onfire]

And what are we doing with that much AU in a research lab? Turning gold into lead? Then maybe they are implanting that stuff in the butts of our leaders.

 

[packerbacker]

It wasn't me!!!

 

[stefen]

If Pfiser has the original invoices, it could ascertain how many ounces where purchased...

And if they have a method to determine how much is allocated to a project or study by inventory, then its simple to determine what should remain.

However, if its inventory method sucks...what can you say...

 

[Tnmountains]

I imagine they can afford the loss more than the embarrassment.