A NEW Channel 5 documentary unpacks the scandal on how Michelle Mone and her husband allegedly helped themselves to authorities cash for a controversial PPE contract in the course of the pandemic.
The Michelle Mone Scandal: The place Did Our Cash Go? is about to air at 9pm on Monday, January 20.
Who’s Michelle Mone?
Baroness Michelle Mone is a businesswoman and the founding father of lingerie firm Ultimo.
Born in Glasgow, Mone left college with no {qualifications} on the age of 15 and went on to launch her personal enterprise ventures in fat burners, faux tan and cryptocurrency.
Michelle grew to become a Conservative life peer in 2015.
What’s the Michelle Mone Scandal?
In 2020, reporters started asking questions on Baroness Mone’s obvious hyperlinks to the corporate named PPE Medpro.
A yr later the federal government revealed that Mone had referred PPE Medpro through the VIP lane system, and the corporate was subsequently awarded two contracts value £200m.
It wasn’t lengthy earlier than Baroness Mone confronted allegations that she had profited from the enterprise – a declare she initially denied.
Because of this Mone took a depart of absence from the Home of Lords in 2022 with a view to “clear her identify of the allegations which were unjustly levelled towards her”.
The controversial contracts have been investigated by the Nationwide Crime Company (NCA).
Mone denied having any “position or operate” within the firm for nearly two years, with legal professionals beforehand saying she is “not related to PPE Medpro in any capability”.
In November 2023, Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman, confirmed for the primary time they have been concerned within the firm.
Her husband Doug had chaired and led the operation for PPE Medpro.
Mone admitted she regretted denying her connection to the PPE agency in a YouTube documentary funded by PPE Medpro, she stated: “I remorse not saying to the press right away, ‘sure I’m concerned'”.
“The federal government knew I used to be concerned and the emergency crew, the cupboard crew, knew I used to be concerned – the Division of Well being and Social Care (DHSC), knew I used to be concerned, the NHS – all of them.
“The authorized crew suggested myself and my husband to not remark and to not say of my involvement in PPE Medpro.”
“I wished the NHS to succeed, I wished a win-win scenario for everybody,” she stated.
“Each myself and my husband declared their pursuits and if that they had any subject with that in any way, once they knew of my involvement and my husband’s involvement, why did they ever give the contracts within the first place?
“They should have been happy – they knew every thing.”
Income value £60 million have been put right into a belief which Mone was listed as a beneficiary of.
She admitted in an interview with Laura Kuenssberg that she would profit if her husband died earlier than her.
What was the issue with the PPE?
Not solely have been the federal government criticised for giving preferential therapy to PPE Medpro, the PPE didn’t meet medical requirements.
The 25 million PPE robes have been rejected after a technical inspection.
The robes have been required to satisfy the British Commonplace for the sterilisation of medical gadgets or a “technical equal”.
Who’s Michelle Mone’s husband Doug Barrowman?
Douglas Alan Borrowman is married to Michelle Mone.
The couple have been married in November 2022 on the Isle of Man, the place Mr Barrowman is a resident and operates his monetary providers empire from.
The Scottish businessman based and is the chairman of Knox Group of Corporations, which he has belongings beneath administration and administration value nearly £3 billion, in response to LinkedIn.
This isn’t the primary time Barrowman has been within the public eye.
Barrowman and 6 different British businessmen had been on trial on fees linked to a 2008 cable manufacturing facility buy that led to accusations of tax fraud.
In March 2024, Barrowman was cleared of any wrongdoing following a Spanish embezzlement and tax fraud trial.
How can I watch The Michelle Mone Scandal: The place Did Our Cash Go?
Viewers can watch The Michelle Mone Scandal: The place Did Our Cash Go? at 9pm on Monday, January 20 reside on Channel 5.
You can too watch or revisit the documentary utilizing the MY5 app.