Ex-Labour justice minister Shahid Malik, 56, is charged with causing a public ... trends now
A former Labour justice minister has been charged over an alleged Covid-19 fraud involving the testing company he led.
Shahid Malik, 56, is one of five people accused of fraudulently running the testing firm RT Diagnostics by lying to UK authorities to be approved for Covid testing, providing testing kits that breached regulations and giving ‘fake’ test results to consumers.
Malik, a former Dewsbury Labour MP and minister in Gordon Brown’s government, was Chairman of the lab testing company when it was founded during the pandemic in March 2021.
He is now facing a crown court criminal trial after West Yorkshire Trading Standards charged him, four colleagues and the company over Covid testing.
Dewsbury-based RT Diagnostics has been charged with 11 offences, including engaging in an ‘aggressive’ trading practice.
Shahid Malik, 56, is one of five people accused of fraudulently running the testing firm RT Diagnostics by lying to UK authorities to be approved for Covid testing
The company allegedly called a consumer late in the evening and stated ‘they would receive a refund if they removed any negative posts online first.’
It allegedly misled the public by claiming that all test results would be sent to consumers within 24 hours and failed to establish that its Covid-19 testing kits complied with safety regulations.
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