A STRANGE BREW: THE CASE OF THE MAN BEHIND AN AUDACIOUS SCOTTISH TEA FRAUD
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✍️ A Scottish tea grower, Tam O'Braan, was found guilty of fraud after selling tea leaves that were not grown in Scotland, but rather sourced from wholesalers in Oxford and London.
👉 Tam O'Braan was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to 3.5 years in jail 👉 He sold tea leaves that were not grown in Scotland, but rather sourced from wholesalers in Oxford and London 👉 O'Braan used fake awards and credentials to convince tea growers and hotels that his tea was grown in Scotland 👉 A team of scientists from the University of Aberdeen used a unique method of analyzing tea samples to determine the origin of the tea leaves 👉 The method involved analyzing tea samples for concentrations of 10 different elements, including cadmium, arsenic, and nickel
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