SWEEPSTAKES FRAUDS
LONDOX POLICE MAKE ARRESTS Australian and N.Z. Cable AssociationJ (Received February 22, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON", February. 18. In connection with the suspected!' swleepstakes frauds, the, police ha-nfl arrested a- -well-known sporting matt and his lady assistant. He will be charged "with, illegally promoting a lot.' tery organised in London though ' thS headquarters were at Lucerne. ' "A "cable ohessago received about a> week ago stated:—On pplice instruct tions, the' Post Office has recently detained hundreds of thousands of letters, addressed to Continental sweep promoters. The remittances usually range from 10s- to £lO. It iS understood that the police do not de* sire to suppress all 6Uch correspondence, but they want to make inquiries, because they are certain most of thd B\v«eps aro fraudulent.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10520, 23 February 1920, Page 8
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124SWEEPSTAKES FRAUDS New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10520, 23 February 1920, Page 8
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