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Nepal police charge 32 in alleged $20 million Mt. Everest rescue fraud that included lacing hikers' food

April 3, 2026 · Steve Whitfield

Guides near Mt. Everest allegedly laced trekkers' food with baking powder, scared them into helicopter evacuations they never needed, and billed foreign insurers for millions, all while Nepal's government sat on a 700-page report that was supposed to stop the...

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