Chapter 21: Piracy

Taipei, Taiwan - Acting on a tip from a would-be robber, the fraud unit of the National Police arrested four men and two women for selling phony LifeShield devices. Also seized in the raid were more than five thousand of the one-kilogram "LifeGuard" necklaces, which feature a calculator-like "system controller," an array of blinking lights, and a low-pitched hum. The robber, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the right leg, complained to arresting officers that the device had failed to disarm the clerk of the Every Happiness Pharmacy.

Consumer Fraud: Newest Growth Industry
Legit LifeShield production "going great guns"


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