Editing Bob Lazar (section)

==Criminal convictions==
In 1990, Lazar was arrested for aiding and abetting a [[prostitution]] ring. This was reduced to felony [[Procuring (prostitution)|pandering]], to which he pleaded guilty.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-06-vw-31950-story.html |title=Unusually Fanatical Observers |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 4, 2003}}</ref><ref name="lvrgui">{{cite news|date=June 19, 1990|title=Source In Channel 8'S UFO Series Pleads Guilty to Pandering Charge|page=8b|work=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]}}</ref><ref name=lvrpro>{{cite news |title=Judge Gives UFO 'Witness' Lazar Probation on pandering charge |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=August 21, 1990 |page=2c}}</ref> He was ordered to do 150 hours of community service, stay away from [[brothels]], and undergo psychotherapy.<ref name=lvrgui /><ref name=lvrpro />

In 2006, Lazar and his wife Joy White were charged with violating the [[U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission|Federal Hazardous Substances Act]] for shipping restricted chemicals across state lines. The charges stemmed from a 2003 raid on United Nuclear's business offices, where chemical sales records were examined.<ref name="Wired2006"/> United Nuclear pleaded guilty to three criminal counts of introducing into interstate commerce, and aiding and abetting the introduction into interstate commerce, of banned hazardous substances. In 2007, United Nuclear was fined $7,500 for violating a law prohibiting the sale of chemicals and components used to make illegal [[fireworks]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2007/New-Mexico-Company-Fined-Ordered-To-Stop-Selling-Illegal-Fireworks-Components/ |title=New Mexico Company Fined, Ordered To Stop Selling Illegal Fireworks Components |work=[[U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission]] |date=July 20, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/civil/cpb/case/us-v-united-nuclear-scientific-supplies-et-al-0 |title=US v. United Nuclear Scientific Supplies, et al |work=[[United States Department of Justice]] |date=2006 |access-date=May 18, 2017 |archive-date=December 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227202620/https://www.justice.gov/civil/cpb/case/us-v-united-nuclear-scientific-supplies-et-al-0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Journalist [[Stephen Rodrick]] and author [[Neil Nixon]] write that further doubts have been cast on Lazar's credibility due to his criminal activity.<ref name="roll_Lovi"/><ref>{{cite book|author=[[Neil Nixon]]|title=UFOs, Aliens and the Battle for the Truth: A Short History of Ufology|date=November 13, 2020|publisher=[[Oldcastle Books]] |isbn=978-0-8573-0431-5|pages=46–47}}</ref> Author [[Timothy Good]] and filmmaker Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell, who have perpetuated Lazar's story, concur with this assertion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/timothy-good/alien-contact/|title=Alien Contact|date=May 20, 2010|website=Kirkus Reviews|access-date=May 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filminquiry.com/bob-lazar-area-51-flying-saucers-2018-review/|title=Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers: One Small Step For Man, One Giant Leap To Conclusions|last=Bedford|first=Tom|date=December 11, 2018|website=Film Inquiry|access-date=May 23, 2022}}</ref>