Hungary foreign ministry files report on $964 million pandemic-era ventilator deals
- Hungary's Foreign Ministry filed a criminal complaint over possible fraud in ventilator purchases worth about $964 million during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The previous government bought around 17,000 ventilators from China in early 2020, leading to criticism over the high price and quantity.
- The investigation found most ventilators were bought through intermediaries, many devices were defective or never used, causing significant storage costs.
- Foreign Minister Anita Orban said the inquiry involved tens of thousands of documents, including deleted or missing records, raising suspicions of financial wrongdoing and breach of fiduciary duty.
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The Hungarian Foreign Ministry has filed a complaint against an unknown perpetrator on suspicion of embezzlement, mismanagement and other crimes. The case concerns the purchase of ventilators worth 300 billion forints (20 billion crowns) during the previous government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Fidesz), which took place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hungary files a criminal complaint over US$965 million COVID-19 ventilator deal, citing possible fraud
Hungary’s foreign ministry has filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors over what it says was possible fraud related to the previous government’s purchase of ventilators worth some US$965 million during the COVID-19 pandemic, Foreign Minister Anita Orbán said Tuesday.
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Hungary files a criminal complaint over $965M COVID-19 ventilator deal, citing possible fraud
Hungary's foreign ministry has filed a criminal complaint over possible fraud related to the previous government's purchase of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a result of the check carried out at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I have filed the first criminal complaint, announced this morning the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anita Orban, in her video address on Facebook, Nepsava newspaper reports.
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