Fake Bomb Detectors – Counter-IED Report

Iran’s ‘amazing’ Covid-19 detectors identified as re-purposed fake bomb scanners

Posted onApril 16, 2020April 27, 2020

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has unveiled what it claims is new technology which will change the face of its response to the coronavirus crisis. There’s just one problem – the “state of the art” Covid-19 detector bears a striking Read More …

Thai businessman convicted of selling fake bomb detectors

Posted onSeptember 28, 2018April 27, 2020

A court in Thailand has convicted a local businessman of fraud for selling fake bomb detectors to the Thai government, five years after the head of the British supplier was sent to prison over the global scandal. Thailand’s military drew Read More …

Iraqi PM orders soldiers to stop using fake bomb detectors sold by jailed British fraud as Baghdad death toll reaches 200

July 4, 2016 Iraq’s Prime Minister has ordered his soldiers to stop using fake bomb detectors sold by a jailed British fraudster, as the death toll from an ISIS attack in Baghdad reaches 200 people. Haider al-Abadi also ordered an investigation Read More …

Fake bomb detector seller James McCormick to forfeit £8m

June 15, 2016 A British businessman serving a 10-year jail term for making bogus bomb detectors has been ordered to forfeit cash and assets worth nearly £8m. James McCormick, from Langport, Somerset, made a fortune selling his detectors to Iraq Read More …

Fake bomb detectors used to protect Sharm Britons: Gadgets similar to novelty golf ball finders that were part of UK fraud trials are being used to check luggage at resort’s hotels

November 10, 2015 British families in Sharm El Sheikh are being guarded with useless bomb detectors based on a bogus device produced by UK fraudsters, the Mail can reveal. Hotels are using the fake gadgets – now produced by the Read More …