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Show T WHOLESALE" FRAUDS : i ( IN ALLOTMENTS i DISCOVERED Soldier Dependency Game ' Overworked, U. S. Men Declare. . - r y Associated Prat. ' 'AjJHINQTON. Nov. 8.-Thousands ' f cajse of fraudulent acceptance of ... ; , government allowances Intended for , , soldiers or sailors' dependents have! een dlnoovered by special Invest I-? I-? g i nr of the bureau of war Hk Insurance, and a campaign of prosncu- 1 tlon and recovery haa been instituted. " ' Ai a result. It was announced to-' dsv that about one-third of tha OO.ftfto claiming dependency who now I are, receiving rhrlii will Ko timVftA j from tha rolls when It Is shown that-they that-they were not dependent on a soldier ' 'before ha entered the service. ' ' There are hundreds of case in which women, not tha wives of soldiers sol-diers or sailors, are receiving allotments allot-ments and allowance checks, having been named by tha men as their legal wive, while the real 'wives go without with-out government aid. Scores of at- j torne are understood to he under; tnveeticratlon for having charged mora j than $3, the. legal limit, for aiding, , persons to get allotments or allowance remittances. All persons who receive and fi.h fh-hm I,. l.L.h ih.i r not strictly entitled by law are to be nut off from their remittance, forced to repay tha sums they received , fraudulently and prosecuted If crlm- Inel lniw ! ahnwa), To carry on this work a division of j prosecution and recovery has been created In charga of Frank C. Greene. Information or complaints relating to Improper oorraaponJent at use ; government allotment and allowance remittances were welcome. It waa said. and should be Addressed to general counsel, bureau of war risk Insurance, i 'Washington. Charges will be run down by a great corps of Inveatl-t Inveatl-t gators, on or more In every city and tfhamlet In the United Htates, who : serve without pay or at the nominal : compensation of $1 a case, and report j on the family situation in each in- stance. t Already tOOO cases of apparent fraud ' are tinder consideration and reports j are received at the rate of thirty a T day. ; Twenty-five thousand eases In 1 1 which relatives leas closely connected than wives or children are receiving ', checks on account of soldiers In ser-'. ser-'. vice on whom they were not de- pendent before the war are under In-1 qulry, and 00A of these are to be eompelled to make refunds to the' . government j The bureau's staff of prosecutors haa moat trouble with men who aa-. aa-. si mod part of their pay and aaked i additional allowances for women other . - thaa their wives. fTuaUy these are j not dlsoovered until tjie real wife t tromplalna. ia such oaaea, after In vestigatWm, the payment Is changed yt to the wife and action taken against - ; the lm poster, while courtmartlal la recommended for the man. In several ' t-ommunltles It was found that neigh ; hors had paaaed from one jlo another 4 v Information on methods for defrauding , the government out of allowances ays- tematlrally. Jail sentences and fines f are provided as penalties on conviction . " Of frnnrt I |