PENSIONER’S FRAUD.
AN UNDISCLOSED LEGACY.
Hamilton, March 24.
For fading to disclose a legacy to tlie Pensions Department when applyiug for an old-age pension, an elderly woman named Jane Gragg was qpnvicted m the Hamilton Magistrate’s Court to-day, and her daughter, Florence Pye, to whom the legacy was given, was lined £6. Mrs Gragg was charged with making a false statement, and Mrs Pye was charged witn aiding and abetting. Giving evidence, Mrs Gragg, who pleaded guilty, said she received a legacy oi' £425 Irom England. She agreed to hand the money to her daughter to assist her in connection with a boarding house she was conducting, conditional on the daughter providing her with a home. The money was lost in the business. Mrs Pye denied that the money was transferred to her in order to defraud the Pensions Department.
The magistrate, Mr H. A. Young, said he had no doubt the handing over of the remittance to Mrs Pye was part of a scheme to avoid declaring the legacy to the Pensions Ohice. This action constituted fraud. Tlie arrangement was an unfortunate one, for the whole of the money was lost, and Mis Gragg would lose her pension for one year at le—L
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2713, 27 March 1924, Page 3
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204PENSIONER’S FRAUD. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2713, 27 March 1924, Page 3
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