BANK'SWINDLE
THE HANAU CASE
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 30th March, 19.5 a.m.) PARIS, 29th March. The so-called superwoman financier, Madame Hanau, whose bank failed in December 1928, was convicted of swindling and abusing public confidence. She was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and fined 3000 francs. Lazaro Block, her former husband, was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment and fined 3000 francs. De Courville, a bank director, and Audibert, financial editor of Hanau’s paper “Gazette de Franc,'’ were acquitted. TTanait and Block were freed immediately, having served terms equivalent to the sentences.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 30 March 1931, Page 6
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