In 1923 Ivar Kreuger founded the holding company IMCO (International Match Corporation) together with Lee, Higginson and Co. in New York. IMCO handled the Kreuger match empire in America, South America and other countries outside Europe. Following the suicide of Ivar Kreuger in 1932, International Match Corporation went bankrupt. Klein, Hinds and Finke was an accounting firm of New York involved in the bankruptcy case. J.J. Klein was a former accounting professor of New York University and partner in the CPA firm of J.J. Klein of New York City. His firm was the trustee in bankruptcy for the International Match Corporation.
From the guide to the Klein, Hinds and Finke Records of the Kreuger Match Case (International Match Corporation), 1924-1940, 1932-1940, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida)
