Three persons with apparently Jewish names were among five Leningrad men who have been executed by the Soviet Government on charges of misappropriating $200,000 worth of pencils, fountain pens, rulers and other office equipment, according to the newspaper Soviet Russia, it was reported here today from Moscow.
The executions were announced in a brief story in the newspaper with only the barest details mentioned. The three men with Jewish-sounding names were I. Zinger, Y. Kazakevitch and S. Krupkin. The five were convicted last February after a four-month trial in which 300 witnesses were heard.
Those sentenced to death were either factory managers or salesmen charged with being involved in the wholesale swindling of surplus goods over a five-year period. Sentences of up to 15 years were imposed on dozens of other defendants.
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