• Businessman Gary Bolton jailed over fake bomb detectors
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23768203[/url] [quote]A businessman who sold fake bomb detectors around the world has been jailed for seven years. The devices made by Gary Bolton, 47, were simply boxes with handles and antennae, the Old Bailey heard. The prosecution said he sold them for up to £10,000 each, claiming they could detect explosives. The trial heard the firm had a £3m annual turnover selling the homemade devices. Bolton, of Redshank Road, Chatham, Kent, had denied two charges of fraud. As he passed sentence, Judge Richard Hone QC described the equipment as "useless" and "dross" and said Bolton had damaged the reputation of British trade abroad[/quote] Good fucking riddance. Sometimes I wonder how many people in places like Iraq have died of car bombs that weren't detected by these scams.
You'd think that they'd have done some sort of a test or something to determine if the bomb detector actually worked
His Roose didn't fool us!
[QUOTE=Araknid;41902738]You'd think that they'd have done some sort of a test or something to determine if the bomb detector actually worked[/QUOTE]It's not even the first time it's happened, there was the Quadro Tracker in '93-96. Then there's Sniffex which is [I]still[/I] being sold, albeit as "plus" and by a different company.
[QUOTE=Araknid;41902738]You'd think that they'd have done some sort of a test or something to determine if the bomb detector actually worked[/QUOTE] Well, the authorities who bought the thing were blinded by the gushing torrent of scientific words that Bolton used to market the thing. It was essentially a dowsing rod salad thrown into a lake of psuedoscientific language dressing. I do think this guy deserves a life sentence. He sold these dowsing rods to the Iraqi authorities and others - lives were lost because of him.
What an utter cunt. How can you live knowing that your scam can and probably will result in deaths?
[QUOTE=Mallow234;41902773]Well, the authorities who bought the thing were blinded by the gushing torrent of scientific words that Bolton used to market the thing. It was essentially a dowsing rod salad thrown into a lake of psuedoscientific language dressing.[/QUOTE] He also doctored technical documents to make the devices seem more legitimate.
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