Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1919 — CHARGES A $1,000,000 FRAUD [ARTICLE]

CHARGES A $1,000,000 FRAUD

Shipbuilder Is Arrested in East on Federal Warrant. New oYrk, Aug. 1. —Charles A. Strang, a shipbuilder, was arrested in West Brighton on a federal indictment charging him with conspiracy to defraud the government by means of a fraudulent pay roll. The complaint was made by the Emergency Fleet corporation, which operates the Duval Shipbuilding company in Florida, where Strang was employed. Federal officers declared that when Strang’s alleged co-conspirators are rounded up it will be found the government was robbed ofjsl,ooo,ooo.