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    BBC News - James McCormick guilty of selling fake bomb detectors

    A millionaire businessman who sold fake bomb detectors to countries including Iraq and Georgia, knowing they did not work, has been convicted of fraud.

    James McCormick, 56, of Langport, Somerset, is said to have made £50m from sales and sold over 6,000 to Iraq.

    The devices, which sold for up to $40,000 (£27,000), were based on a novelty golf ball finder and supposed to detect explosives, people and drugs.

    An Iraqi bomb victim described him to the BBC as a "morally bankrupt" man.

    The models were described by prosecutors as completely ineffectual and lacking any grounding in science.
    Oh dear.
    While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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    The models were described by prosecutors as completely ineffectual and lacking any grounding in science.
    Maybe he should have described them as homeopathic bomb detectors instead.
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      #3
      I'd send him to clear up minefields with one of his mine detectors.

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        #4
        saw the adverts, it made X10 or american personal development ads look professional.
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          #5
          The Iraqi government bought thousands. Obviously it never occurred to anybody to test one.
          Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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            #6
            Excellent entrepreneur, ethically bankrupt man. What do these people think, Madoff and the likes?
            My mind has gone blank. I wonder if it was always that way.

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              #7
              Originally posted by VectraMan View Post
              The Iraqi government bought thousands. Obviously because of the bribes the company were giving out nobody tested one.
              FTFY


              easy way to the recronstruction cash.
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #8
                I hope that isn't what Hans Blix was using to look for the WMD

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by barrydidit View Post
                  I hope that isn't what Hans Blix was using to look for the WMD

                  nope , Blix was using this kit

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                    #10
                    The models were described by prosecutors as completely ineffectual and lacking any grounding in science.
                    Today bomb detectors.....tomorrow Climate Scientists

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