The Mickelberg Stitch
Creative research, 285 pp, $8.95
True Crime
The Mickelberg Stitch by Avon Lovell
by Margot Lang •
The Great Mint Swindle was one of the most outrageous frauds in the history of Australian crime. On 22 June 1982, the closely guarded Perth Mint handed over, without a murmur, $650,000 worth of gold bars, which were never to be seen again. Not a shot was fired, not a person threatened. It was all done with three fake building society cheques, which the Mint accepted without question. The mastermind behind the ingenious swindle never showed his face.
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