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Feds: Fraudster duped investors with false claims about NASA

by Larry Neumeister
| December 9, 2020 1:27 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of a nanotechnology company was arrested Wednesday on fraud charges after authorities said he accepted over $12 million from investors who were told NASA was helping him develop a breathalyzer to detect cancer and narcotics.

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