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|description=A fraudulent scheme purporting to be able to detect oil by a new technology. Details remain rather obscure.
 
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Involved [[Jean Violet]], exposed by [[Pierre Péan‎]].
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'''The Great Oil Sniffer Hoax''' was a remarkably audacious (~$150,000,000?)<ref>http://atomictoasters.com/2011/02/startup-the-great-oil-sniffer-scam/</ref> and probably quite successful scam to defraud oil companies, including [[Elf Aquitaine]]. The perpetrators pretende to have a groundbreaking technology that could detect the presence of oil deposits just be overflying an area.
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==Perpatrators==
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The fraud was connected to [[Jean Violet]], who canvassed for funds at a [[Le Cercle/1970 (Washington)|dinner of Le Cercle in Washington in 1970]].<ref>[[File:Rogue Agents - the Cercle and the 6I in the Private Cold War 1951 - 1991 by David Teacher (5th edn, 2017).pdf]]</ref>
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The public state did not show much interest in pursuing the fraud - suggesting that it had at least some degree of [[deep state]] support.
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==Exposire==
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The fraud was exposed by [[Pierre Péan‎]], and finally broke in December 1983.
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Latest revision as of 12:09, 13 January 2018

Event.png Great Oil Sniffer Hoax (fraud) Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Great Oil Sniffer Hoax.jpg
Date1969 - 1979
Exposed byPierre Péan
DescriptionA fraudulent scheme purporting to be able to detect oil by a new technology. Details remain rather obscure.

The Great Oil Sniffer Hoax was a remarkably audacious (~$150,000,000?)[1] and probably quite successful scam to defraud oil companies, including Elf Aquitaine. The perpetrators pretende to have a groundbreaking technology that could detect the presence of oil deposits just be overflying an area.

Perpatrators

The fraud was connected to Jean Violet, who canvassed for funds at a dinner of Le Cercle in Washington in 1970.[2]

The public state did not show much interest in pursuing the fraud - suggesting that it had at least some degree of deep state support.

Exposire

The fraud was exposed by Pierre Péan‎, and finally broke in December 1983.


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