Gold heist ringleader pleads guilty to theft of $22M in gold and cash from Toronto's Pearson airport

A ringleader of Toronto’s Pearson Airport gold heist has pleaded guilty for his part in the alarming plot that saw bandits brazenly steal more than $22 million in gold and cash from an Air Canada cargo warehouse in 2023, most of which remains missing.

Arsalan Chaudhary, a 43-year-old man formerly of Mississauga, pleaded guilty Monday, officials confirmed. He has not yet been sentenced.

Chaudhary fled Canada and was named as a fugitive from justice after the heist became extraordinarily high-profile...