This is why it is important to have experenced people do scouting, People who know every aspect of the game, rules and knowledge in mechanics and electrical systems.
They would be able to figure out who is lying right away from their experence. If someone says can pull 2 weighted goals at 0fps while the person doing the scouting only sees seat motors for their drive would know better rather then someone who does not have a experence with such systems.
You also need to ask if they had tested and measured a system. If a team has a go home device thats great, but have they tested it. 9fps good!, how did you measure that? If the answer is no and with a wall clock you may be in trouble. It may not be a lie that they have something but are they sure it works. It would be like having a propeller on a robot and just by that say that it flies. Or in another case having a drive system made from rubberbands on pullys, sure it can pull a truck (if the rubber bands dont break). Relyability (sp?) is the key here, if you can go 40fps with 2000 n/in torque but only for 1/2 a sec before something burns out, that is no good. So things may be true, just not the full story.
Remember what they kept repeating, Robustness
and watch out for yourself........."see it when you believe it"
