EX-N.Z. SWINDLER MAKES £3000 IN NEW SOUTH WALES
(Rec. 8.30) SYDNEY, April 19 In one. of the cleverest swindles fo>' years a Confidence man has fleeced at least seven people in New South Wales of over £3OOO.
Posing as a representative of the Disposals Commission, with authority to sell motor vehicles and other goods, he obtained money*from victims for goods stated to be at Albury. Detectives are conducting an Aus-tralian-wide search for an experienced confidence man, who has a police record in New Zealand arid four Australian States.
Some police officials believe that he has left Australia, probably by plane The swindler showed his victims a catalogue, obtained deposits, and escorted his clients to a plane for Albury. He then went to a Sydney bank, cashed their cheques, closed his account and disappeared.
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Grey River Argus, 20 April 1948, Page 5
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