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Word: corneau (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Mike Pecoraro's methods came under Federal scrutiny. His methods were simple. A short, smartly-dressed man with a police record as a forger and thief, Mike would walk into a branch of big National City or Manufacturers Trust, submit an FHA loan application signed by Otto Corneau (or one of 18 other names) with his right hand and the wife's name penned with his left. Then he returned to a rented apartment, waited for and answered the bank's telephone call regarding the loan. Thus ''investigated," Mike hastened to substantiate the references...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Sane Borrower | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

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