FALSIFIED MONEY ORDERS.

HC Deb 29 April 1935 vol 301 c12

16. Mr. JOEL

asked the Postmaster-General the number of falsified money orders in the past year; and in how many cases the money was paid?

The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Sir Kingsley Wood)

During the last financial year 29 money orders the amounts of which had been fraudulently altered came under notice. Of this number the correct amount was paid by the Post Office in 22 cases, the remaining seven orders not being presented.