Legal Opinion
Hydrogen Technology Corp. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 27, 1987No. 87-1284PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of a criminal investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into possible wire fraud by one Ambrose J. Hartnett. Hartnett’s alleged fraud lay in falsely representing to investors the properties and potential of a hydrogen generating device developed by Hart-nett. In the course of its investigation, the FBI obtained a prototype of Hartnett’s generator and dismantled it during a laboratory examination procedure. The dismantling process effectively destroyed the device. No criminal prosecution of Hart-nett was ever brought. Hartnett’s…
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