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+ fine 4 few days Ir tr, an*enployee of the le ‘2 branoh of an tnternattonal travel agency fa.2 utotin to thte confidence nan *¢ fast talk and dtattnguished appearances The enployes, caught off ant manner and apparent knowledge of British affatra, tasued over $2,000 tn travelers ohecke, on a cheok drawn on the account of the British branoh of the travel concerns The tndtutdual, tn thts tnetance, again ‘represented Ataself aaa Sritiah offictal. Needleas to say, the cheok was fraudulent. . , The Fal, through operation of the Nattonal Fraudulent Check file, te able to, tdenttfy many of the cheoks passed by — “ ti = wwe - = Thies fle mhia antatna many thonuagnia af fraudulent é& oe ao 7 wer Fee wT wre [tena _— - rT * s file, w oheoke, fs composed of a nunber of sections. Cheoko are stled according to nethod of preparation, for example, by handwriting, hand | printtng, and nechantoal methods of preparation, euch as typeurtting and cheokwritting. Kaoh fraudulent cheok received ta searched through the approptate seotton of this file. If an tdenttftoatton te nade the gubnttting arency will be furntehed not only wtth background infornation about tue Ate arrest record and photograph. Jn mony tnstancea the subject ts already tn oustody, and the contrifoutor will then be inforned aa to the tndivutdual’s Jocatton. If the fraudulent oheck cannot be tdentifsied, a photographte aopy te pisoed tn the file for comparison with other ohecka subsequently aubsitted sor ezantnattone During the 1969 fiscal year, ending June 30, 1949, a total + — Wf. 2 2 AA FBIM AVA sasaee eae #f aa Telee_D r15,586 fraudulent oheoks, having a Wise os Op OAT, O40, WEra Tess ea tera , cm_by the FBI for examination. Over 56 per cent of these oheoks were Mavis - “"Wetmnttified with cheoks previously on Stile. Roowa__* =" "es "== tracy baerto —— ———es Tele, Aeon____ ° ~de ern . i eee . ne Se seaieen iim tath abet Tiadivmiett ile Velbieli heaven mn tnieliede “aaah SOREN ope teres .