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Escobar Phone creator pleads guilty to scamming buyers, never delivered devices
We heard about the Escobar Fold 1 at the end of 2019. The device came from Escobar Inc., a company founded by Roberto Escobar, the brother of...
Facepalm: In a turn of events that will likely surprise no one, the person behind the Escobar Phone that made headlines several years ago for its association with the infamous drug kingpin has pleaded guilty to fraud. Techtuber Marques "MKBHD" Brownlee showed how very little effort had gone into hiding this fact – Samsung's logo was clearly visible beneath the flimsy gold stickers. Olof Gustafsson, CEO of Escobar Inc., said at the time that the company bought Galaxy Folds that failed Samsung's quality control standards, had been returned, or were classed as overstock by retailers who overestimated how many would sell.
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