Businessman Made £50million Selling Fake Bomb Detectors Based On Novelty Golf Ball Machine Claiming They Could Find Drugs And Explosives Underwater And Through Walls -- Daily Mail
* James McCormick, 57, sold 'ineffectual' devices for up to £27,000 each
* Majority were sold to Iraq, where they are still in use today
* Gadgets are essentially hand-held aerials fixed to plastic hinges
A conman made £50million and put thousands of lives at risk by selling fake bomb detectors to security forces based on £13 novelty ‘golf ball finders’.
James McCormick, 57, sold the ‘completely ineffectual’ devices for up to £27,000 each to police forces and armies around the world.
The majority of his fake detectors were sold to Iraq where they were used at virtually every checkpoint in Baghdad and Basra from 2006 – and are still in use today.
Read more ....
More News On British Businessman James McCormick Being Found Guilty Of Selling Fake Bomb Detectors
UK businessman found guilty of selling fake bomb detectors to Iraq -- The Guardian
James McCormick guilty of selling fake bomb detectors -- BBC
UK "conman" convicted of selling fake bomb detectors -- Reuters
Businessman found guilty of selling fake bomb detectors to governments -- The Telegraph
Fake bomb detectors were being used in Iraq as recently as last month -- The Guardian
Brit Convicted of Selling Fake Bomb Detectors, Iraq Still Using Them -- ABC News
Millionaire guilty of selling fake bomb detectors -- AFP
U.K. businessman James McCormick convicted of selling golf ball finders as bomb detectors to Iraq -- CBS/AP
Lives at risk around the world from novelty golf toys sold as 'bomb detectors' -- Sydney Morning Herald
Mystery surrounds how James McCormick managed to build thriving business selling fak
Fake bomb detectors were being used in Iraq as recently as last month -- The Guardian
Brit Convicted of Selling Fake Bomb Detectors, Iraq Still Using Them -- ABC News
Millionaire guilty of selling fake bomb detectors -- AFP
U.K. businessman James McCormick convicted of selling golf ball finders as bomb detectors to Iraq -- CBS/AP
Lives at risk around the world from novelty golf toys sold as 'bomb detectors' -- Sydney Morning Herald
Mystery surrounds how James McCormick managed to build thriving business selling fake bomb detectors -- The Independent
Fake bomb detectors 'destroyed lives' -- Caroline Hawley & Meirion Jones, BBC Newsnight
James McCormick's fake bomb detectors and the attack I witnessed in Baghdad -- David Blair, The Telegraph
Brit Convicted of Selling Fake Bomb Detectors, Iraq Still Using Them -- ABC News
Millionaire guilty of selling fake bomb detectors -- AFP
U.K. businessman James McCormick convicted of selling golf ball finders as bomb detectors to Iraq -- CBS/AP
Lives at risk around the world from novelty golf toys sold as 'bomb detectors' -- Sydney Morning Herald
Mystery surrounds how James McCormick managed to build thriving business selling fake bomb detectors -- The Independent
Fake bomb detectors 'destroyed lives' -- Caroline Hawley & Meirion Jones, BBC Newsnight
James McCormick's fake bomb detectors and the attack I witnessed in Baghdad -- David Blair, The Telegraph