“Rossi has a criminal record.”
For FRAUD! And he has repeatedly produced ZILCH from his several ‘companies’.
For tax evasion, which many freepers can identify with. And this was the Italian justice system (can you say...mafia?) which is notorious for being utterly malleable to those who are in power.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Rossi_%28entrepreneur%29
. Rossi spent four years in prison working on his legal defense in 56 trials, 5 of which ended in convictions related to tax fraud. Rossi wrote that he was acquitted in the other 51 trials.[12]