The exploded devices were not even in Hungary, the Hungarian company was only involved in the transaction as an intermediary.
The so-called "whistleblower case" does not pose a national security risk for Hungary, stated the State Secretary responsible for international communication and relations of the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office.
In his post published on Facebook, Zoltán Kovács reported that the Hungarian authorities were convinced: the company in question is a broker-dealer company, it has no production or premises in Hungary, it has a main company manager at the registered address, and the referenced devices have never been in Hungary.
During the further investigations, the Hungarian national security services cooperate with all relevant international partner services and partner organizations, Zoltán Kovács pointed out.
As is known, on Tuesday there were more than a dozen victims of the simultaneous explosion of about five thousand pagers ordered by Hezbollah in Lebanon. Thousands of people were injured in the explosions.
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The first news was that the beepers in question were products of the Taiwan-based company Gold Apollo, but the company announced on Wednesday: the pagers are manufactured and sold by a Budapest-based company, BAC Consulting Kft., which has a license to use the brand name.
Later, BAC Consulting announced that it only had a role in the transaction as an intermediary, the whistleblowers had not even visited Hungary.
A Norwegian-owned Bulgarian company passed on the beeping bombs to Hezbollah, the Hungarian company was only used on paper, Telex wrote, according to which it is a mistake to say that the exploded personal pagers were manufactured in our country.
The paper knows that a Sofia-based company bought the pagers from Taiwan that were eventually sold to Hezbollah, the Hungarian company involved in the case actually did nothing, the devices were never in Hungary.
BAC Consulting Kft. actually only played an intermediary role in the transaction and did not perform any actual activities. The company does not even have an office, it is only registered with a registered office provider.
The managing director of BAC Consulting, Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono, was in contact with a Bulgarian company, Norta Global Ltd, based in Sofia. The real background behind the deal was Norta Global Ltd., despite the fact that on paper BAC Consulting signed a contract with Gold Apollo.
The import from Taiwan was not carried out by BAC Consulting, but by the Bulgarian company, and the same Sofia company delivered and sold the devices to Hezbollah.
The Bulgarian company is Norwegian-owned and, like the Hungarian company, is registered with a headquarters service provider, where there are a total of 196 companies. The Bulgarian company was founded in April 2022 and on paper is involved in project management, but is unlikely to produce anything.
The Hungarian businesswoman confirmed to NBC News that her company cooperated with Gold Apollo, but when asked about the beepers and explosions, she responded: “I don't make the beepers. I'm just the mediator. I think you misunderstood.”
NBC also reached out to Gold Apollo, but their spokesperson declined to say more than what was previously reported, citing the ongoing investigation.
According to reports, not only beepers, but also solar devices and batteries in cars have exploded. Lebanon's official news agency reported that home solar power systems exploded in several areas of Beirut. CNN sources already know about the explosion of "dozens of transceiver systems". Hezbollah is trying to collect the remaining transceivers and remove the batteries from them.
The video below, which was taken at a funeral and shows the explosion of the device, is only recommended for the nervous.
Wireless devices reportedly exploding in Lebanon. One person appears to have been injured at a Hezbollah funeral. pic.twitter.com/wQCFmEHVx3
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) September 18, 2024
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Cover image: Zoltán Kovács commented on the whistleblower case
Source: Facebook/Zoltán Kovács