New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-02
Soviet Agent Is
With
$4,000 Fraud
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sented fake warehouse receipts and let
tiers to the National City Bank, obtain
ing money with them, and that he also
bought inferior machines and film in
stead Of those of prescribed oua1;t,,
In one instance, Mr.. Recht said Cihrss :
RIO got a rebate of 100000 through a
dummy corporation which he had
formed. AA"
Miss Weiss told Judge TalIev thai
the defendant haG obtained the s136
GOO by forming the Standard Cinema
machine Company, of which she said
ne held all the stock. He had a letter
sent to himself by dummy director
OF tnls corporation. she charged, in
which 1T was said that certain
amount OF undeveloped film would not
be delivered until $4,000 had been
paid on account. A false warehouss
receipt is said to have been included
with the latter, and it is with this re-
celpt that the defendant is alleged to
nave obtained the money. Miss Weiss
said that after this amount had been
paid, Clbrario Hquidated the STANDARD
Cinema Machine Company and Oh
tanned the money. In her affidavit.
Miss Weiss, who is attorney in fact
for Ludwig c. A. K. Martens, formerly
representative of the Soviet govern
ment here, stated that this act took
place on January 20, 1919.
Should the money be recovered. Mr..
Recht pointed out, the Soviet govern
ment would not receive a cent Of it. az
it would be held here pending the set
Element of claims amounting to about
$400,000,000 held by American citizens
against the Soviet government.
MIR. joseph. of counsel for C;h~,,.;
said:
There is nothing in this particular
charge. 1t will be turned out as soon
as the facts are heard"
Mr.. Wolf said:
This criminal complaint will he er-
ploded in fifteen minutes as soon A.
we begin to put in legal evidence
There is not a word of truth in the
statement that Cibrario obtained
money on forged warehouse receipts
or letters"
Mr.. Wolf admitted that Cirbrario
was involved in from twenty-five to
thirty CIVIL suits in connection with
his motion picture activities for the
SOVIET government. He said that a
summons in an action had been filed
yesterday morning against Cibrario.
Mr Wolf mentioned man named Har-
rlson in connection with many of the
actions.
Son of Fruit Dealer
Private detectives who investigated
the career of Cibrario while litigation
against him was in course of prepara-
tlon say that he is the son of Joseph
Cibrario, retired fruit dealer. nf
Turin, Italy. The young man went to
London in 1921 and obtained lob at
~ shiliings week, from which he was
graduated two years later into the
service of the Universal Film Manu-
featuring Corporation.
The motion picture concern sent hin,
TO Moscow as it's representative at s45
a week, but in 1916 withdrew the sal
airy and put him on a straight com
mission basis. Business is said 70
have been poor and commissions small
and August /, 1918, the Struggling
young film agent snapped at a chance
to become purchasing agent for tha
Soviet government and contracted 4,
buy Sl,000.000 worth of motion picture
equipment in the United States on a
b per cent commission.
he received an advance of SIN 0oo
and left Moscow on the train which
carried The last of the diplomatic rep
re- tar yes OF foreign nations.
Since his arrival in this country, De-
cember 4, 1918, Cibrario is said to have
lived IN luxurious style and to have
opened Offices for dozen or more cor
porations which he sormed, most of
them dealing in motion picture sup
plies.