“SPORT” CHARGED WITH FRAUD.
£40,000 INVOLVED. By Telegraph—Pre»9 Association—Copyright. Australian N.. <. Cable Asaocint’on. LONDON, September 22. Hall, alias James, a self-styled landowner. was charged with fraud at Cardiff involving £40,000. It was alleged that Hall ran a turf syndicate, promising investors 12 per cent interest weekly. Money poured in in thousands. Clients received interest for two months. Then Hall disappeared, after withdrawing £16.000 in notes. Hall’s typist said that his clients include clergymen, solicitors, business men and police officers. She had to destroy ail correspondence daily.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16538, 23 September 1921, Page 5
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