Alfred Heinz Reumayr

Alfred Heinz Reumayr of Vancouver, British Columbia, was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on August 18, 1999 [ [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=aIxaCmmgIfyk&refer=canada Bloomberg.com: Canada ] ] , on charges of plotting to blow up the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System on 1 January 2000. He was extradited to the United States.

Ruemayr's alleged plan involved purchasing significant quantities of oil futures prior to the bombing in the hope that the damaged pipeline would reduce oil supplies and drive up the price of oil, leaving Ruemayr to rake in the profits. However, no evidence ever existed that Reumayr even had a futures account.

However, Ruemayr was never able to implement his plan. In an effort to obtain blasting caps, Ruemayr contacted an acquaintance whom he had met several years earlier while serving a 5 year prison sentence for fraud. This acquaintance, James Paxton, subsequently contacted the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and agreed to work as informant in this case.

Ruemayr and Paxton met at a hotel room in Surrey, British Columbia to discuss technical details of the plan. Unbeknownst to Ruemayr the hotel room had been bugged by Canadian police which led to his arrest.

He was charged with six counts of explosive-related offenses in New Mexico, though the scheme was allegedly going to be carried out in Alaska.

Reumayr eventually agreed to plead guilty, and was sentences to 156 months in prison. Technically, he will do only four more years in prison. [ [http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=104&sid=1455879] ] . With good time credits of 54 days per year, Reumayr will be released in less than two years.

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