The Fairchild story is moot except as use in a case study of con men. It has been thoroughly busted as just another scam from those zany, wild and crazy guy grifters, Mike Terrell and Pedro Fiol.
You know, they have provided us with a lifetime of comedy in only two years. lol.
We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth... For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst; and to provide for it. --Patrick Henry, Patriot and Hero of the American Revolution