Word: digitab
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Forger Foiler. To foil rubber-check passers, Food Fair's 24 supermarkets in Philadelphia installed DiGiTab, a fingerprinting device. If the cashier is suspicious of a check, he asks the customer To leave a fingerprint which is then attached to the check. DiGiTab's machine takes the print in a few seconds with a colorless, odorless, stainless ink. Where installed DiGiTab has frightened forgers away. In the past five months, Milwaukee's Krambo Stores cashed 108,000 good checks totaling more than $5,000,000. It did get stuck for $250 worth, all cashed by the same...
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