五人被控经营一个假的Covid实验室 三周内赚了6.67亿英镑 但没有真正的测试
Five accused of running a fake Covid lab that made £6.67M in three weeks with no real testing.
前劳工议员Shahid Malik和其他四人正在布拉德福德刑事法院受审,被控经营一个欺诈性的Covid-19测试实验室,RT诊断实验室,该实验室在恶劣条件下运作,没有经过训练的工作人员和低于标准的设备,不符合联合王国的测试标准。
Former Labour MP Shahid Malik and four others are on trial at Bradford Crown Court, accused of running a fraudulent Covid-19 testing lab, RT Diagnostics, that operated in poor conditions with untrained staff and substandard equipment, failing to meet UK testing standards.
检察官说,实验室在三周内赚了667万英镑, 仅报告超过123 000次测试的45个积极结果, 丢弃未经测试的样本,
Prosecutors say the lab, which made £6.67 million in three weeks, reported only 45 positive results from over 123,000 tests, discarded untested samples, and falsely told people they were negative.
尽管有一个网站要求认证,但实验室从未完成认证。
Despite a website claiming accreditation, the lab never completed certification.
据称,资金是通过名称相似的第二家公司流出,被告在被从政府供应商名单上除名后,据称试图通过由一名议员掩护的第三家公司重新开始营业。
Funds were allegedly funneled through a second company with a similar name, and after being removed from the government supplier list, defendants allegedly tried to restart operations through a third company fronted by a councillor.
所有五人均否认欺诈性交易、造成公共骚扰和洗钱的指控。
All five deny charges of fraudulent trading, causing a public nuisance, and money laundering.
审判继续。
The trial continues.