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In a striking revelation, it has emerged in a clear manifestation that the British government officials has helped a British businessman named James McCormick to make a whopping 50million pounds by selling fake devices as bomb detectors to the United Nations agencies. As soon as this new report showcasing the deep rooted corruption involved in the government hit the media, the news has created a big uproar both nationally and internationally.
James McCormick has reportedly sold the golf ball finders made up of plastic and worth only 13pounds to various security forces around the world including Iraq. The Iraqi security force both in Baghdad and Basra have been using these devices believed to bomb detectors since the year 2006 and are still using today. The conman not only just deceived the world and made millions out of it but he also apparently put and still putting millions of lives in danger with his fake gadgets.
This 57-year-old conman has reportedly promoted his fake bomb detectors as a special kind of intellectual gadgets and sold them at 27000pounds each to armies and police forces around the world. Moreover, it has also been revealed now that in March 2008, he attended a couple of seminars for learning how to sell the devices to the UN and which the UK Trade & Investment department organized. There he also met with many British officials who help in promoting and advertising British business in foreign countries. However, it is still not yet confirmed if the staffs present at the seminar knew that the devices were fake or not but it has been confirmed that the Department of Business already warned about the possible dangers of selling these devices.
Relating to this incident, another report has been revealed that in November 2008, business minister Ian Pearson received a controversial dossier titled, ‘Dowsing rods endanger lives’ saying that these devices are seriously going to hurt or kill people relying on it and that the gadgets are nothing but some hand-held aerials which are fixed to common plastic hinges. Although James McCormick has been convicted at the Old Bailey with three fraud counts but how he convinced military chiefs and government officials around the world about the authenticity of his fake bomb detectors is still a matter of discussion. But unfortunately, his million dollar scam allowed many suicide bombers to bomb cities and crowded places successfully in Iraq and resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries of innocent people.
