Show COUNTERFEIT EXPERTS FLOODING i iNA NA NATION TION WITH SPURIOUS IOUS CURRENCY i WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Feb 28 IPA IP- IP IFA A litter of spurious 5 a and nd 10 notes is keeping leepin the secret service service service ser ser- ser ser- vice on the tho jump from coast to coas coast A sharp upsweep of counterfeiting counter counter- felting in general and these notes in m particular was reported to be approaching record figur figures Reliable figures show activities In the 1934 fl fiscal cal year thus far tar hive have surpassed record of arrests and in fake currency seized William H. H Moran the secret ecret service chief chIc who has hns spent a li life lifetime life life- e- e time tracking down counterfeiters counterfeit counterfeit- ers says 80 per pr cent of these ar ar- ar- ar rests will result In convictions He explains the recent big Increase increase increase In in- crease In private money making making- as due a among other ther things to Out of work ork bootleggers the comparative ease eose of manufacturIng ing cr crude de imitation money by photographic methods hard times ar ari l the availability of the automobile automobile auto auto- mobile for pushing the money in small towns end and p passing using swiftly on on- Mr Moran maintains however that the delicate microscopic art crt found on United States States pap paper r. r money never has been exactly reproduced reproduced re re- produced and he wants the pub lic to know it Modern count counterfeiting cou t he holds generally is even cruder than the old and can can be e easily spotted Years Years' back co counter counterfeiting citing gangs usually had en an expert en en- graver Today most of those seeking to compete with wilh lawful money employ cameras and photographic equipment Chief Chic Moran has figures to show that the counterfeiter i sel ad- seldom l. l dom gets very far Of the annual annual an an- nual fake money seizures half halt u usually gets into circulation and the other half is taken at th the ar or- rest On this basis business paid a counterfeiting tax of in inthe inthe inthe I the 1933 fiscal year rear J f |