Foreigner Accused of Fraud and Forgery A suspended sentence of five months' imprisonment was given Waldemar Loch, 27-year old foreigner, by the First Special District Court yesterday on charges of fraud and forgery, According to the prosecution, the accused had stolen coupons from his former employers, the Shanghai Express and Storage Ca,, and obtained 170 gallons of gasoline from the APE. depots. The signature on the coupons was said to have beer: forged by kim.
Questioned -by the Judge, the accused said he did this in order to get back $50 which the firm was owing him. The coupons for gasoline were used between December 31 and January 16.
Mr. M.. Berkovitch of the firm said the accused had borrowed money from several Russian employees and the sum had been deducted from his pay to return the debts. The accused was employed in August last year, but left the firm as a protest against the deduction of the $50 from his salary.
The. sentence, passed on the accused by Judge Feng, was suspended for two years,
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