{"id":134509,"date":"2023-11-26T03:58:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T03:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=134509"},"modified":"2023-11-26T03:58:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T03:58:28","slug":"gove-and-hancock-quizzed-as-part-of-fraud-probe-into-a-ppe-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/gove-and-hancock-quizzed-as-part-of-fraud-probe-into-a-ppe-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Gove and Hancock quizzed as part of fraud probe into a PPE firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Michael Gove and Matt Hancock quizzed as part of fraud probe into a PPE firm linked to Baroness Mone<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It is understood they were interviewed by NCA as witnesses, not under caution\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Michael Gove and Matt Hancock have been interviewed by the National Crime Agency as part of its fraud probe into a PPE firm linked to Baroness Mone.<\/p>\n<p>The move was part of the NCA&#8217;s investigation into PPE Medpro, which was awarded \u00a3200 million of contracts during the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both men were contacted by Baroness Mone as she attempted to secure government contracts, according to The Sunday Times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is understood they were interviewed by the NCA as witnesses and not under caution. There is no suggestion they were involved in any alleged wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/01\/78240049-12791679-image-a-1_1700963408709.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Matt Hancock and Michael Gove (File Photo)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/01\/78240087-12791679-image-m-20_1700963816314.jpg\" height=\"1009\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>This month, Baroness Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman admitted their involvement with PPE Medpro for the first time (File Photo)<\/p>\n<p>This month, Baroness Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman admitted their involvement with PPE Medpro for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The couple&#8217;s representative said that they &#8216;made a full written disclosure of their involvement to the Cabinet Office prior to the award of the PPE contracts&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The couple deny any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12791679\/Michael-Gove-Matt-Hancock-quizzed-fraud-probe-PPE-firm-linked-Baroness-Mone.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Gove and Matt Hancock quizzed as part of fraud probe into a PPE firm linked to Baroness Mone It&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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