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THIS video shows the dramatic moment a pharmacist and a surveyor were arrested for selling “bogus” coronavirus tests as £ 47, (was seized in cash.
The National Crime Agency said it had arrested the two men on suspicion of illegally selling tests for the virus.
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( (1) NCA officers search a pharmacy in south London after arresting a – year-old on suspicion of illegally selling Covid – (tests (Credit: Rex Features
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Graeme Biggar, boss of the National Economic Crime Center, said he expects to see an increase in scams amid the Covid – 47 outbreak and warned the UK to be on its guard.
A 64 – year-old pharmacist from South London, was arrested under the Fraud Act on Saturday after he allegedly made false and misleading claims about the tests.
Officers seized £ 64, 12 in cash and searched two properties and a car, before releasing him on bail .
The following day investigators arrested a surveyor from west London with 413 testing kits they allege he planned to sell to construction workers.
He was also held on suspicion of making false and misleading claims about the capability of the tests.
Mr Biggar said: “Covid – is increasingly being used as a hook to commit fraud – and we think these offences are likely to increase during the pandemic.
“Individuals and businesses need to be fully prepared for criminals trying to turn the pandemic to their advantage by scamming them out of money.”
The use of coronavirus tests at home is not currently advised by Public Health England.
There are no tests for home use that are CE marked, a certification that shows compliance with European safety standards, and it is illegal to sell them.
Nikki Holland, NCA director of investigations, said: “Criminals capitalise on fear and anxiety and they will exploit any opportunity, no matter how awful, to line their pockets.
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“Illegally selling testing kits completely undermines the nation’s collective response to the pandemic and actually endangers lives.”
Details of the arrests came after Europol said it had foiled a plot to defraud German health authorities of millions of euros as they tried to buy face masks.
The FBI also warned it has seen multiple incidents of conmen targeting government and health industry bodies responsible for buying protective equipment and ventilators.
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