Alleged to Have Posed as a Municipal Official Ivan Martin Martonfalvy, 26-year old foreigner from Budapest Hungary, was charged with fraud i the First Special District Court yesterday and remanded for further inquiries.
Mr. Paul Tsiang, Assistant Municipal Advocate, prosecuting, told the court that on July 21. the accused visited the offices of Messrs. Scharpf, Guenter & Ca., Szechuen Road, and, posing as an advisor to the Shanghai City Government, said he wanted to buy a typewriter. He selected one machine which, by the accused's instructions, was delivered to his home in the French Concession. The accused told the complainant that his friends also wanted to buy typewriters, so the machine delivered to his home was left there by the complainant. It was valued at $265.
On July 23, Mr. Tsiang continued, also by fraudulent means, the accused obtained from the same complainant, Mr Guenter. typewriters two ied at $530.
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