Nepal probe exposes $20M fraudulent rescue scheme involving lacing Mt Everest hikers’ food: report

Nepal probe exposes $20M fraudulent rescue scheme involving lacing Mt Everest hikers’ food: report

Mount Everest sits on the border of Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China

This photograph taken on May 31, 2021 shows mountaineers lined up as they climb a slope during their ascend to summit Mount Everest (8,848.86-metre), in Nepal. ( LAKPA SHERPA/AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on May 31, 2021 shows mountaineers lined up as they climb a slope during their ascend to summit Mount Everest (8,848.86-metre), in Nepal. ( LAKPA SHERPA/AFP via Getty Images)

Tents of mountaineers are pictured at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district on April 18, 2024, on the tenth anniversary of an avalance which killed 16 Nepali guides. (PURNIMA SHRESTHA/AFP via Getty Images)

Tents of mountaineers are pictured at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district on April 18, 2024, on the tenth anniversary of an avalance which killed 16 Nepali guides. (PURNIMA SHRESTHA/AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on May 12, 2021, shows mountaineers as they climb during their ascend to the summit of Mount Everest (8,848.86-metre), in Nepal. (PEMBA DORJE SHERPA/AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph taken on May 12, 2021, shows mountaineers as they climb during their ascend to the summit of Mount Everest (8,848.86-metre), in Nepal. (PEMBA DORJE SHERPA/AFP via Getty Images)

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