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Firepower International
Firepower International was advertised as a Hong Kong-based company owned and operated by Global Fuel Technologies Ltd, specializing in technology purporting to reduce the fuel consumption and environmental impact of petrol-operated vehicles.〔Ryle G "Firepower offers pill franchise" ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 17 June 2008〕 There were other offices in Sydney, China, Rhodes, Athens and Papua New Guinea, according to the now-defunct official company website. But "in reality it was a handful of people in an industrial estate in Perth", who were conducting a complex of fraudulent operations.〔Sheehan P ("Truth almost as sordid as the lies" ) ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 4 May 2009〕 The original entity—Firepower Operations Pty Ltd—was a $1 company, first registered in December 2004, owned by Firepower Holdings Group Ltd, a company with an address in the British Virgin Islands.〔Ryle G ("Rise of a man with a magic mystery pill" ) ''Sydney Morning Herald'' 8 January 2007〕
Through connections created with gullible Australian federal ministers, trade officials and their networks, the governments of Britain, Russia, Romania and many others were persuaded to believe Firepower offered important solutions to global warming and the peak oil energy crisis.〔Ryle G ("Pop goes the pill prince" ) ''BusinessDay (Australia)'' 2 May 2009〕 However, after questions were raised about the efficacy of the 'Firepower Pill' and related products in reducing engine fuel consumption, the Firepower organisation's principal, Timothy Francis (Tim) Johnston, was claimed by media critics to have perpetrated a large-scale confidence trick or scam, the subject of investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).〔("08-163 ASIC launches action in relation to fuel technology company" ) ''Australian Securities and Investments Commission'' 21 July 2008〕〔("Advisor banned for role in Firepower" ) ''Money Management, Australia'' 9 July 2009〕 In July 2011, ASIC banned Johnston from managing any company for twenty years.〔("11–148MR Former Firepower chairman banned for 20 years" ) ''at Australian Securities and Investments Commission'' 21 July 2011〕〔("ASIC bans Firepower boss for 20 years" ) ABC News〕
=='Firepower Pill'==
Firepower International's main product was the Firepower Pill, advertised as being able to "''lower fuel consumption, reduce emissions, () clean and maintain your engine"''.〔("Firepower pill )'' Promotional claims on company's website〕 The product was claimed to work by ''"burning more of the heavier elements of your fuel, increasing power and fuel economy"'', and because more of the fuel is consumed in the combustion process, hydrocarbon and carbon-dioxide emissions are lowered.〔 Inserted into a vehicle's fuel tank, a single Firepower Pill was advertised as being able to treat up to 60 litres of petrol. (Elsewhere, a larger pill was advertised, claimed to be able to treat 200 litres of petrol or diesel).〔() on company's website, dated'' 13 October 2007〕
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