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" A man has been found guilty of fraud after selling fake bomb detectors that turned out to be golf ball finders. James McCormick from Langport, Somerset had been doing business with countries such as Iraq and Georgia, pricing the devices as high as $40,000 (\u00C2\u00A326,000). According to BBC News, the 56-year-old sold 6,000 to Iraq - which were used by the British military at checkpoints - and racked up profits of \u00C2\u00A350 million. Prosecutor Richard Whittam said: &amp;quot;The devices did not work and he knew they did not work.&amp;quot; Avon and Somerset Police detective superintendent Nigel Rock described McCormick as &amp;quot;a conman&amp;quot;. He continued: &amp;quot;We have heard evidence from many, many experts, scientists, leaders in their field, who have said this was a fraud - a sham. &amp;quot;That device has been used and is still being used on checkpoints. People using that device believe it works. It does not.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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