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Escobar Phone creator pleads guilty to scamming buyers, never delivered devices

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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. The phones, which were rebranded Samsung Galaxy Folds, were never delivered to most customers, nor were the Escobar-branded flamethrowers he also purported to sell. However, buyers did get a certificate of ownership.
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 Pablo Escobar. It owns the intellectual property rights related to the deceased crime lord.
The Escobar Fold 1 was priced at just $349 and was obviously a rebranded Royole FlexPai. The successor, the $399 Escobar Fold 2, was a Galaxy Fold. 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.

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