Word: furtado
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dunlap's men last month uncovered "certain manipulations" of the books and got a confession from Edwin M. Furtado, chief of the accounts section. He had been predating receipts to help taxpayers avoid penalties...
When the news got to Washington, Furtado's boss, Collector James G. Smyth, was promptly suspended by the President. Less than an hour later, Dunlap held a press conference and announced the removal of six more San Francisco tax officials. Smyth and his lieutenants, explained the grim commissioner, were being removed for "incompetence." They should have known what Furtado was doing and stopped...