A businessman has been found guilty of a multimillion-pound fraud
involving the sale of fake bomb detectors to Iraq and around the world.
A jury at the Old Bailey found Jim McCormick, 57, from near Taunton,
Somerset, guilty on three counts of
fraud over a scam that included the sale of £55m of devices based on a
novelty golfball finder to Iraq. They were installed at checkpoints in Baghdad
through which car bombs and suicide bombers passed, killing hundreds of
civilians. Last month
they remained in use at checkpoints across the Iraqi capital.
In Mexico hundreds of Ouijas were sold.
It is a scandal now, but we are unable to see that we believe in the
Ouija when we allow the Mexican Federation being directed by Ouija’s guys,
people without the minimum knowledge of science or simple common sense.
They believe that running 5K and swimming 1,500, 15:30 and 17:30
respectively would make the trick to be able to do an Olympic
distance triathlon and be close to the podium.
This has been done for the last 5 years without results but they
continue to do it. They considered those
results as a minimum mark to represent Mexico in international competitions. Whoever has done it, they have trained for
that purpose and end up being lapped at several triathlons. Under-23, New Zealand 2012, is the case; as
well as Huatulco, and others. Our boy
who got the second place at Mazatlán Panamerican Cup, and the first place in
the same event, are not able to compete internationally because they do not have
the times when Mexican Federation want to.
Después de tres días de
deliberación, la Corte Criminal Central de Londres declaró culpable a Gary
Bolton —creador del detector molecular GT-200, bautizado por el Ejército
mexicano como la Ouija del diablo— de fabricar y comercializar artefactos
falsos con gobiernos del mundo
We have won against the Mexican Federation for “Ouija Fraud” but the governmental
agencies do not want to go forward to stop the “Spanish Ouija” bought to Dr. Javier
Mon by the Mexican Federation for the fear of showing up their stupidity. It is something that has happened before:
Victor
Lustig (January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947)[citation needed] was a con
artist who undertook scams in various countries and became
best known as "The man who sold
the Eiffel Tower. Twice."
Lustig took the men to the tower in a rented limousine
for an inspection tour. It gave Lustig the opportunity to gauge which of them
was the most enthusiastic and gullible. Lustig asked for bids to be submitted
the next day, and reminded them that the matter was a state secret. In reality,
Lustig already knew he would accept the bid from one dealer, Andre Poisson. Poisson was
insecure, feeling he was not in the inner circles of the Parisian business
community, and thought that obtaining the Eiffel Tower deal would put him in
the big league.
Surprisingly,
nothing happened. Poisson was too humiliated to complain to the police. A month later,
Lustig returned to Paris, selected six more scrap dealers, and tried to sell
the Tower once more. This time, the chosen victim went to the police before
Lustig could close the deal, but Lustig and Collins managed to evade arrest.[citation needed]
Many other federations have fallen into the trap of “finding
talent.” Talent in triathlon depends on
the hours you are able to truly give to the sport of triathlon without lying to
yourself.
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