Probes into Covid test contracts reveal dubious profit schemes linked to Fidesz affiliates
Two companies that received state Covid-test orders through the ÁEEK were investigated for earning large profits without personal investment, and one probe was closed while the other remains open without a suspect.
During the Covid pandemic, the State Health Care Provider Centre (ÁEEK) contracted Rayrai Szolgáltató Kft. and Minerva Tanácsadó és Forgalmazó Kft. to supply antigen rapid tests, advancing half of the contract values as pre-payments. Rayrai, formerly a Thai-massage business, was managed by Kupper András and later owned by former interior minister Tasnádi László; it reported 801 million-forint profit in 2020 and doubled its revenue from test sales.
Minerva, linked to former Fidelitas and Fidesz figures Martos Dániel and P. Adrienn, secured a 3.15-billion-forint deal but was liquidated in 2023. Police halted the probe into Rayrai’s 795-million-forint dividend distribution in August 2025, citing no crime, while the investigation into Minerva has bounced between tax and police authorities and now sits with the BRFK Economic Crime Division, still without a designated suspect.
Why it matters
It shows how state procurement during the pandemic may have enabled profit without risk for politically connected firms.
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