Millionaire faces jail for selling fake bomb detectors

A millionaire businessman is facing jail after being convicted of selling fake bomb detectors.

A British court has convicted James McCormick, 56, for selling fake detectors that did not work and were based on a novelty golf ball finder.

McCormick made an estimated £50m (€58.6m) from sales of his detectors to countries including Iraq, Georgia, and Saudi Arabia.

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