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VIP lane PPE suppliers were paid a whopping 80% more per unit than other suppliers by the UK Government, an investigation by the Good Law Project has found.

The group says that internal documents from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) revealed some contracts awarded to politically connected suppliers were agreed at more than four times the average unit price.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/23983028.vip-lane-ppe-suppliers-paid-almost-double-amount-per-unit/

I get the supply & demand argument some people may make but during the pandemic, it was crazy, especially knowing the actual cost of goods. A shortage of supply and exponentially increased demand caused a spike in raw material costs along with increased shipping costs and prices indeed rose but these so-called "politically connected" suppliers (many of whom never supplied PPE or any medical goods to anyone prior to the pandemic) took it to another level, that can only be described as price gouging. Many of these suppliers, reaped huge monetary gains and bought homes, cars and other extravagant purchases, so it was often not the manufacturers who committed these acts (but manufacturers had their own fraudulent activities as well) . Often the goods that these politically connected suppliers provided was not to spec, had no approvals or worse-yet, those approvals were fraudulent... where was the checks and balances? Crazy is one thing; but this was just insane.


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The NPA said that a doctor employed by the Gauteng Health Department allegedly collected ‘donated’ personal protective equipment stock, but the department was later billed and it paid R621,000 for the ‘sub-standard’ PPE.

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/doctor-company-director-charged-after-r620k-paid-for-donated-ppe-during-covid-pandemic/ar-AA1kIfrj

It never ceased to amaze me, the shear amount of fraudulent activity that took place during the pandemic...but then I thought, this should actually be an indication of what goes on all the time... is it the norm rather than just an anomaly? Just think about how much fraud has occurred before and likely continually after the pandemic....the pandemic only shown the light on this activity but maybe it was always there?



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