Baroness Bra faces criminal interview over £200m PPE deal
BARONESS Mone faces the prospect of being interviewed under caution by investigators probing a £200million Covid PPE deal.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has raided six properties, including the peer’s home in London, as part of a probe into contracts for masks and medical gowns supplied during the pandemic which were never used.
Now it has emerged that the former lingerie tycoon, 50, is likely to be interviewed by the NCA as part of the fraud investigation into PPE Medpro, which received £200million of contracts from the Department of Health after she recommended it to ministers in 2020.
The NCA probe is expected to take months but it is anticipated that she will be questioned as part of their inquiry, a source said. The peer – nicknamed Baroness Bra – has denied any wrongdoing.
Yesterday a legal representative for her declined to comment.