A BIG FRAUD.
A FORGED ENDORSEMENT OF "ft PRINCE'S BILLS. •
FOR WORTHLESS SHARES, j
By TelegraDh—Press Assoclatlon-OoDrrhtlit',
London, February 17. Router's Berlin correspondent reports ' an oxtensivo fraud by means of alleged ' impersonation and forgery.
Prince Miguel of Braganza was induced, 1 to buy a large number of gold, ■ and other mining shares, which aro now' alleged to bo worthless. In payment lagave bills totalling <6374,000, which wei»j endorsed by a man named Lackensteen, ) who impersonated Mr. Fred Vanderbilti the United States tanker. ' ..'/ .
Mr. Vandorbilt has now repudiated the' endorsement 1 on; the ground - that it ia' forged. . Two hundred thousand ; pounds* worth of bills havo been seized in BerJ lin.
It is understood Eaekensteon is ia Paris. . ■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 5
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117A BIG FRAUD. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 746, 19 February 1910, Page 5
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