BETTING FRAUD
“LIKE TIIE ARABIAN NIGHTS.” INVESTMENT OF £IOO BRINGS IS £l7 M EEKLY. (United prows Association —Copyright.) (Received Feb. 26, 5.5 p.m., LONDON, Fcij. he. ticorge K;uit, Frederick Hunt his brother and George Waiter vvaitsio, c-x-cnginecm. vveie charged at tiie Barry Police Court with conspiring to defraud a isrofosiionul punter of £SOO. The prosecutor said he had a tale to tell mold like the Arabian nigijt.s than of everyday life. \\ hen George Hunt in Juuo, (919, issued a circular asking for money to work a racing system an avalanche of remittances poured in Irorn all parts of the country at the rate of £2OOO daily. People sold their estates, or mortgaged their properties in order tu participate. Seme ceased worse vu the strength of the investment. Hunt was offering £l7 weekly lor every £IOO invested. The interest payments were made for two or three months, and then stopped. All classes of society were included in the victims.— A. and N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6322, 27 February 1922, Page 5
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161BETTING FRAUD Gisborne Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6322, 27 February 1922, Page 5
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