/snip/ " As far as I know, his previous criminal career consisted of defrauding the stockholders in a company in which he himself was the only stockholder." /snip/ It looks like MY already called you on this, while I was writing, but nevertheless: I believe that he was accused of not actually processing the waste in any significant volume, and ended up just stockpiling waste. It reminds me of a story in the U.S., where a crematorium found it was cheaper to just stack the bodies up and give cement dust to the customers, than acually run the furnace. AFAIK his "gold smuggling" conviction had to do with illegal import/export of Gold (from Switzerland?), and not just defrauding himself. His time with thermoelectric generators at LTI is the time I find the most troubling. His apparent overstatement of performance, failure to produce a working product, "factory fire", move to Italy, blaming subcontractors, etc. raises serious concerns. When government time and expense was used to essentially take over his manufacturing, he still could not exceed the industry norm.
Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: >Mary Yugo <maryyu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >Krivit. And there has been no denial from either Quantum or NASA. Perhaps >> with the contacts you have you could confirm or deny the report? >> >> "Steven B. Krivit says: >> November 15, 2011 at >> 08:57<http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/11/12/swedish-public-radio-turns-spotlight-on-lewan-and-ny-teknik/#comment-2489> >> >> 1. Rossi has publicly told all his fans that he will not ask for money >> until he has a product for sale. >> 2. They believed him and propagated this information widely but it is not >> true. >> 3. Rossi took an unknown amount of money from Ampenergo, as reported by >> Lewan on May 16, 2011. >> >How much is an unknown amount? > >4. Rossi asked an engineer at NASA on July 22, 2011, for $15 million to >> “test” his device. NASA did not pay Rossi anything. >> >The $15 million was for an escrow subject to final approval by the customer >after testing, so there is no danger Rossi could steal it. > >This is mostly nonsense mixed in with a few facts and Krivit's own >opinions. I will not bother to go over the details. > >I do not know much about this stuff, since I have no interest in Rossi's >business. I do not go around asking nosy questions. Frankly, I don't give a >damn if Rossi is a scammer or not. His claims can be confirmed by first >principles, and others have seen similar effects, so even if he is a >scammer I am sure his machines work as claimed. Many scammers sell real >technology, such as automobiles that have been accidents that have been >covered up. I knew someone who did that, before the Internet allowed people >to easily check the records of a car by VIN number. > >I doubt he is scamming with a real cold fusion reactor but people do odd >things. You never know. > >As far as I know, his previous criminal career consisted of defrauding the >stockholders in a company in which he himself was the only >stockholder. Apparently that is a crime in Italy. Sort of like the >politically incorrect scene in "Blazing Saddles" in which Bart points a >pistol at his own head and kidnaps himself. > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upvZdVK913I > >- Jed
