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Show DENVER BOND SHARK CAUGHT 1 ItEXVElt, Coin.; Nor. 22 (UP) Earl A. Pivnn, 2S, was the energetic ener-getic head of an advertising! firm here; behind a false moustache and under a false gray wig lie was the middle-aged proprietor of Goe and Company, bond brokers. Operating in this dual fashion for six months he succeeded in selling sell-ing .$24U.(MK) worth of forged Denver Den-ver municipal water bonds through local banks and brokerage houses. Pivan operated by exchanging his spurious bonds for good ones in various cities of the country. The good bonds which lie received he exchanged for cash through Denver banks and brokerage firms. He made a complete confession to the authorities. |