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Show ARRESTS DARE FUR TAX FRAUD ! Fifty Furriers Believed Concerned Con-cerned in Supposed Swindle. NEW TOP. K. Jan. II Morris Rr-: Rr-: nblum. a former deputy collector of i inti rnHl revenue, and Merman Schuas. were arrested bv federal operatives I Tuesdar charged with having con-r.r.d con-r.r.d to defraud the government of 2,dO,O0 In furriers taxes. Elmer I Ircy. chief of the special spe-cial Intelligence unit of the department depart-ment of Justice, announced that his men were gathering evidence which would revi" in the indftment and arrest ar-rest of possibly 50 furrier alleged to have been concerned in the supposed tu indl. Rosenblum was dismissed from the federsl service In lilt sQer hvljr .leaded gtilltv to accepting $?nn,, I bribe as participant In a big income tax fraud. He was out on bail, awaiting await-ing sentence. Schuss and RosenWum. federal officiate of-ficiate charge, provided about 50 New fork furriers with forged rocelpta for the 10 per cent tax due the government govern-ment monthly on fur sales. These receipts were later used to c.nise federal fed-eral collectors to believe the tae i due had nlread been paid, the led-! led-! ernl sleuths nllege. Ircy said the to 1 prisoners had been operating since I January. 1921. |