BANK SWINDLES MADE EASY.

South Canterbury Times, Volume XV, Issue 2072, 12 November 1879, Page 3

BANK SWINDLES MADE EASY.

An audacious mode of swindling Ims just been brought to light. A man of respectable appearance called at one of the hanks in Manchester, and representing himself as a newly-appointed agent' of a firm of of provision merchants in Cork, said that he wished to open an account because of the greater convenience he would thereby have in making his remittances. Strange to say, the authorities at the bank, without requiring any proof of the honajubs of the applicant, allowed him to deposit a sum of money, along with a cheque for £SB 10s., payable on a bank in Garston, near Liverpool. They at the same time supplied him with a cheque book in the customary manner. The cheque was forwarded to Gai’ston in due course, but on Monday morning, before a reply could be received, the man presented a cheque from the hook which had been issued to him on the Saturday for pretty nearly the whole amount that he had deposited, inclusive of the £SB 10s. The cheque was cashed, and next day that which had been drawn upon the G-arston bank was returned with the endorsement, “No effects.” It was evident the Manchester bank had been swindled of nearly £4B, and inquiries which were made confirmed this view. It was also found that cheque-books had been obtained in a similar manner at Garston, and from hanks in Euncorn and elsewhere. The name given at Manchester was “Frederick Lees;’; at Garston it was “James Lyons and Brothers.”—“ Manchester Guardian.”