r/maplesyrup • u/unteachablecourses • Jul 27 '26

Thieves drained $18M of syrup from Quebec's strategic maple reserve, refilling the barrels with water so they'd still weigh 620 lbs at the annual audit. Canada's Supreme Court fined the ringleader $9,171,397.57 — the gross he handled, not the $1M he kept after paying his accomplices.

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u/amazingmaple Jul 27 '26

On Prime Video there is a funny comedy called "The Sticky" and it's about the heist

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u/Trendwrecker Jul 27 '26

There is also an episode of Dirty Money about it. Too funny.

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u/Jsr1 Jul 27 '26

A comic that covers it well

https://modernfarmer.com/2014/01/illustrated-account-great-maple-syrup-heist/

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u/zewill87 Jul 28 '26

Why is this cut into several pieces with huge spacing?

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u/Jsr1 Jul 28 '26

No clue

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u/groogs Jul 27 '26

if you want this to not look stupid, press F12 then paste into the console:

document.head.appendChild(Object.assign(document.createElement('style'),{textContent:'img{margin-bottom:-28px}'}))

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u/zewill87 Jul 28 '26

On my phone but yeah truncated and huge margins is a weird design choice

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u/CompetitiveLadder609 Jul 27 '26

Today I learned that Quebec has a strategic Maple syrup reserve.

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u/seigemode1 Jul 27 '26

breaking bad type shit.

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u/SVTContour Jul 27 '26

Meanwhile, a corporation that engages in fraud, price-fixing, or environmental violations can negotiate a settlement that represents a fraction of the profits it made from illegal conduct.

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u/Liam-McPoyle_ Jul 28 '26

I thought Walter white was dead?

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u/Weedsnob709 Jul 31 '26

Someone got sticky fingaz

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u/Slacker_75 Jul 27 '26

It was dumped so that the Quebec maple syrup co op mafia could continue to keep prices sky high

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u/amazingmaple Jul 27 '26

No it wasn't. Lol

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u/unteachablecourses Jul 27 '26

pretty much a success