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Covid-19: Young Philadelphia Entrepreneur Charged In Massive PPE Fraud Scheme
A 26-year-old Philadelphia man scammed two companies out of $700,000 then spent that money on vacations, a luxury car and gambling instead of buying promised PPE amid the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities announced.
Gauravjit Singh promoted himself as a purveyor of PPE in May 2020, then claimed he had contacts at a factory in Nanjung, China, that manufactured medical gowns, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said.
Singh convinced his clients, to enter into an agreement with one of his businesses, Mask Medical LLC, pursuant to which Singh would be paid approximately $7.125 million in exchang…
