Covid Testing Fraud Trial

What happened

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Analysis

How it changed

1. 8 Oct

   Earlier this year, following months of evidence at Bradford Crown Court, Judge Christopher Smith discharged the jury while it was deliberating following an allegation of jury tampering.

   2 outlets · Evening Standard

Coverage 5 articles

• 9 Oct Judge ‘cannot be sure’ ex-MP cleared over Covid test firm knew of false resultsAt Bradford Crown Court, Judge Christopher Smith delivered verdicts in a case involving former MP Imran Malik and pharmacist Faisal Shoukat, co-founders of RT Diagnostics. While clearing Malik of all charges related to fraudulent trading, causing public nuisance, and money laundering, the judge found Shoukat guilty on all counts. The judge ruled that while initially established for legitimate purposes, RT…Evening Standard
• 8 Oct Former MP cleared of role in bogus Covid-19 testing firm in trial without juryA former UK MP from Dewsbury who served as a justice and communities minister before losing his seat in 2010 has been cleared of charges related to fraudulent trading, causing public nuisance, and money laundering involving a bogus Covid-19 testing firm called RT Diagnostics. The case involved four defendants; the judge decided on the verdicts without a jury after one juror was arrested. Although the company…Evening Standard
• 8 Oct Former Labour MP cleared over role in fraudulent Covid-19 testing companyShahid Malik, a former Labour MP and minister, has been found not guilty of charges related to his involvement with RT Diagnostics, a fraudulent Covid-19 testing company. The trial at Bradford Crown Court concluded on Thursday, with Malik cleared of fraudulent trading, causing public nuisance, and money laundering. Prosecutors claimed the company made £6.67 million in three weeks from March 2021 but was set up in…The Guardian
• 8 Oct Ex-councillor guilty of running sham Covid-19 labFormer Calderdale Council councillor Faisal Shoukat was found guilty of running a fraudulent COVID-19 testing laboratory, RT Diagnostics, in March 2021. He was convicted of causing public nuisance, fraudulent trading, and money laundering at Bradford Crown Court. During its operation, the lab reported suspiciously low positive results—only 45 out of 138,738 tests—and faced criticism for poor conditions and…BBC
• 8 Oct Former MP cleared of role in bogus Covid-19 testing firm in trial without juryJudge Christopher Smith acquitted former MP Iqbal Malik of charges related to fraudulent trading, causing a public nuisance, and money laundering in connection with RT Diagnostics, a company accused of profiting from false COVID-19 test results. The case, which began at Bradford Crown Court this year, was continued without a jury after an allegation of jury tampering led to the discharge of the original panel…Evening Standard

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