Alfred Heinz Reumayr

Who is Alfred Heinz Reumayr?

Alfred Heinz Reumayr of Vancouver, British Columbia, was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on August 18, 1999, 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.