GROCER BOY'S £150,000.
Described, in co'ui ; ,t us a product of" modern;; tjtries, .Max gtcier, aged 18, a wmer ;Biw<f's ; ftpprenfJce;., has been' Berlin,* after a t triaJ .lasting iigbtjinoiiths; to, four years' bard labour-, fpiv frauda. fjiviilvuig more ' than, £150,000. * , p , .By [forgery ho;converted £75,000 to, bis own'acCoiint Mttfi sent to the bari'lf ivitli his 'employer'* l inonev. ..and by. Vecretj salesiof his einplojyer^goods hemade\a further £BQ",()oo.ui : a''fcw days:"
With thifj.nioijey hoheganVa |jf 0 0 f wild ixirava^iffice"in Herlin.'*'.';, : .Ho bought ainotdr .',t. Waj fitaieii: from hini%ftdp he/ ■"had iifietl it-live days-". a auantlty, ;of jewellery,>" 'including ~two diamoriqs,; for ; £6OOGj which, bp,present: ed to pwp;Xdm.'a^ o^ e parents "a furnished *|»ouse in tho 'cpui'it try, a, aiid jjseyeifali.'horses?' Ho-also £10$IO:fr: a th'killerjO ',. His bank granted him-an overdraft of • £30,000. . r ... ..; :.■■•■■■.. \
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 225, 29 December 1920, Page 6
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132GROCER BOY'S £150,000. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 225, 29 December 1920, Page 6
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