BANK FRAUDS
PORTUGELSE SENTENCES,
(United Press Association.—By Eleotrii Te.egraph.—Copyright.)
(Received this dav at 8 a.m.)
LISBON, June 20,
For the bank notes fraud the brothers Antonio and Jose Sandier,a, al-o Reis and the* Swiss-German Hcunics were sentenced to terms ranging from 8 to 25 years and Scnorita Reis to ten mouths. 'Hie evidence showed the I urged signatures of the Directors of the of Portugal were obtained by tiiv. — r) >iy of genuine notes to exprinters in England. These were smuggled to Portugal in diplomatic bags will; Antonio's assistance. The conspirators then established the 'Banco Dangpla and tried to buy up shares in the Bank of Portugal to obtain control, so a.s to hide traces of their swindle.
Angola’s plentitude of money in 1925 when the others were impoverished aroused suspicion, which unmasked the fraud.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 June 1930, Page 5
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