International Automated Systems, Inc. (IAS or IAUS) is a company with research and development in various industries, that has been involved in many ventures to design, produce, market, and sell high-technology products.
The company's "solar lens" products were found to not produce any electricity, and were marketed mainly as a method to obtain tax credits.
Judge David Nuffer wrote: that Neldon Johnson and his associates "knew or had reason to know that their statements about tax benefits purportedly related to buying the solar lenses were false or fraudulent.
Portions of International Automated Systems' technology have been licensed to Optimal Robotics for an undisclosed amount of money.
People could then use other AFIM fingerprint scanners to identify themselves and purchase items or obtain access to controlled locations and devices in a secured way.