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Case file 12FRAUDWATSON: A clean case. Read carefully.

A Whisper on the Sea Face

A fiancé nobody saw by daylight, love letters typed to the signature, an oath to wait, and forty thousand rupees gone on the wedding day.

The scene

Bombay, a year into prohibition, from the Fort to Malabar Hill. April 1951.

Defrauded: Freny Bharucha. Who defrauded Freny Bharucha?

An original fraud case for the Watson tier. Read the statements and evidence on the floor, rule out suspects, then name the fraudster, the motive and the two cards that prove it.

The suspects

  • Sam MistryThe stepfather
  • Dina MistryThe mother
  • Rusi BharuchaFreny’s cousin
  • Jimmy KapadiaClerk at Mistry & Co.