Difference between revisions of "Great Oil Sniffer Hoax"
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|description=A fraudulent scheme purporting to be able to detect oil by a new technology. Details remain rather obscure. | |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]]. A remarkably audacious (~$150,000,000?{{cn}}) and probably quite successful fraud, that the public state has not shown much interest in pursuing - suggesting that it had at least some degree of [[deep state]] support. | Involved [[Jean Violet]], exposed by [[Pierre Péan]]. A remarkably audacious (~$150,000,000?{{cn}}) and probably quite successful fraud, that the public state has not shown much interest in pursuing - suggesting that it had at least some degree of [[deep state]] support. | ||
Revision as of 19:54, 25 September 2016
| Date | 1969 - 1979 |
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| Exposed by | Pierre Péan |
| Description | A fraudulent scheme purporting to be able to detect oil by a new technology. Details remain rather obscure. |
Involved Jean Violet, exposed by Pierre Péan. A remarkably audacious (~$150,000,000?[citation needed]) and probably quite successful fraud, that the public state has not shown much interest in pursuing - suggesting that it had at least some degree of deep state support.
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