A BIG SWINDLE.
CABLE NEWS.
HUGE SUMS INVOLVED
United Press Association —Copyright - LONDON, Feb. 17.
Renter’s BeiTin correspondent states that one Lackensteen, impersonated Frederick * Vanderbilt, endorsed ibills totalling £374,000 sterling, which Prince Miguel of Braganza, was induced to give for gold, emeralds, and other mining shares now alleged to be worthless. The Vanderbilts repudiated. the endorsement, on the ground that it was forged. Two thousand pounds’ worth of bills have been siezed.
BERLIN, Feb. 17. It is understood that Lackensteen is in Paris.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2740, 19 February 1910, Page 5
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83A BIG SWINDLE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2740, 19 February 1910, Page 5
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