Germany caught up in mask fraud scheme

Authorities in Germany have fallen victim to a multi-million-euro fraudinvolving masks much needed in the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors said Tuesday.The German managing director of two distribution companies based in Zurich and Hamburg raised the alarm after realising he had been tricked.According to the man's police report, he received an offer from companies allegedly based in Asia in mid-March to supply the masks and subsequently attracted the large order from North Rhine-Westphalia.