The guy is an absolute crook.
These types of scumbags pop up all the time.
It is so easy to sell 'hope' to your average punter, humans are wired to want to believe this crap, that's how religions exist!
Some others:
-Carbon credit scams with macquarie bank where you make money by planting trees.
-Sandalwood managed investment schemes where the yield per acre quoted is more realistic from 100 acres.
-Biofuel scams growing sorghum to produce gas and make huge profits.
-Kite pumps set at $60 standard price across all shops in a city....

etc.