Northborough Man Involved in Sunglasses Scam

A Northborough man (Massachussets) schemed to defraud investors out of more than $285,000 by promising to make and sell a new kind of high-tech sunglasses, according to a complaint filed yesterday by the secretary of state's office.

The complaint claims Michael J. Marian of Northborough, John C. Pulford of Groton and Timothy Conry of North Reading formed a Groton-based company called Radiation Solutions Inc., or RSI, and filed a patent application for an "advanced dual lens technology." The partners told investors that the so-called "NORAD" lenses were designed to block out harmful ultraviolet radiation. In fact, the complaint alleges, the three men simply marketed and sold ordinary sunglasses.
"(The suspects) filed for a patent application, set up a corporation and made fictitious claims in order to convince the investors, most of whom were engineers, that RSI and the NORAD lens was legitimate," Kimiko Butcher, a lawyer for the secretary of state's office, wrote in the complaint.

Investigators claim the suspects spent investors' money on personal expenses and "entertainment." Secretary of State William Galvin's administrative complaint charges Marian, Pulford and Conry with violating the state's securities laws.
Galvin's office wants the men to reimburse investors, pay a fine and provide investigators with a full accounting of all of the money they raised.