Sam & Joan Tree sentenced for Alpha 6 Bomb Detector Fraud
Channel: cybersceptic
Date: 2014-10-04

On 3 October 2014, the UK fake bomb detector scandal came to its conclusion with the sentencing at Kingston Crown Court of Sam and Joan Tree from Dunstable, Bedfordshire. Sam Tree was given a 3&1/2 year prison sentence, while his wife Joan was handed a  2 year suspended sentence and 300 hours unpaid community work.
Arguably the only thing these fake bomb detectors could reliably detect was corruption - by the government & military officials in many countries who bought them at massively inflated prices.
While the 3 British manufacturers have now been jailed, countries such as Mexico, Egypt and Thailand have yet to investigate and prosecute the shady deals surrounding these useless pieces of plastic.
This clip is a report by Caroline Hawley for BBC London News.
More details here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29459896