Birmingham fraudster duo who sold unauthorized Covid-19 tests at the height of the pandemic and 'capitalised on tragedy' with the hopes of making millions on Dark Web are jailed

Ron Huss-Smickler, 41, and Steven Beckford, 39, purchased thousands of non-certified Covid tests from Chinese shopping website 'Alibaba' and started selling them in March 2020.

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