RUSSIAN FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS EXECUTED FOR SPECULATION
Moscow, Russia (JFK+50) On May 6, 1926, three important finance ministry officials were executed by order of the state political police.
The three officials, Volin, Chepeliovsky and Rabinowitch, according to Associated Press, had been charged "with abusing the trust imposed in them by the government to advance their own interests through speculation in the chervonetz*."
Reportedly, the trio were in league with professional speculators of Moscow and Leningrad who were recently imprisoned.
*chervonetz is the traditional Russian name for large gold coins.
SOURCE
"Russians Execute Three Officials For Speculation," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 6, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
