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...consequences of budgetary stinginess are being felt nationwide. The FBI had sought money for 425 additional agents to investigate bank scams but received only 201. In Dallas, where a team of investigators is drowning in 7 million documents, the U.S. Attorney received just 37 of the 64 new FBI agents he had requested. Some scam-packed cities like San Diego, which asked for five agents and five prosecutors, received none...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Catch Us If You Can | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

Despite the well-plotted scam, the Ministry of Finance plans to issue another series of 20-gram gold coins with a face value of 100,000 yen this fall to commemorate the enthronement of Japan's new Emperor, Akihito. Officials are studying ways to modify the coin's design or packaging to prevent new forgeries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: All That Glitters | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

Matthew has reportedly told police he expected to receive $10,000 for helping his brother in a vague insurance scam. After a dry run the night before the murder, Matthew showed up at the designated rendezvous point. He took Carol Stuart's Gucci bag from Charles. It contained her wallet, makeup and engagement ring as well as the gun. Matthew then went to the home of his best friend, John McMahon, who traveled with him to a railroad bridge in Revere. After removing Carol's engagement ring from the purse, Matthew flung the bag into the river. Then McMahon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Presumed Innocent: Charles Stuart | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

Many voters criticized the referendum as a blow to rent control, saying that it would turn Cambridge into a "little Boston" and calling it "a scam by the realtors to get their hands on rent-control property...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polls and Polish Mark Voting for Council, 1-2-3 | 11/8/1989 | See Source »

...search, another was found. Officers patiently staked out one of the sites. There they arrested Joe Ben Hunsaker III just after he had loaded one of the mailboxes into a pickup truck and was taking down an OUT OF ORDER sign. Alleging that he had used the innovative scam to steal $10,000 since early August, Postal inspectors said they would charge him with theft of the mailboxes and of the contents that trusting citizens had sent to the wrong destination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American: Notes TEXAS Special Delivery | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

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