Guilty: James McCormick (pictured leaving the Old Bailey today) made £50million from the sales of bogus bomb detectors to Itraq, Belgium and the United Nations A businessman sold fake bomb detectors based on £13 novelty golf ball finders to security forces around the world, a court heard yesterday. James McCormick, 56, imported large shipments of ‘Golfinders’ from the US and then sold them as bomb detectors for up to £27,000 each, it was alleged. But the devices were ‘completely ineffectual as a piece of detection equipment’, jurors were told. McCormick had simply attached stickers bearing the words International Association of Bomb Technicians to them to give them an air of authenticity.
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James McCormick, 56, denies three counts of fraud at the Old Bailey
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He is accused of selling fake bomb detectors to security forces across globe
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The models sold for up to £27,000 each, the court heard
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Claimed they could detect bombs through walls and underwater, court told
A leaflet about the @placeholder discovered at his home said: ‘It’s a great novelty item that you should have fun with.’