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Covid-19: Long Island Man In Price-Gouging Case Agrees To Donate $450K Worth Of PPE
A Long Island man who was caught hoarding personal protective equipment (PPE) and price gouging customers of his retail store by authorities will donate $450,000 of equipment to area hospitals and health providers to avoid prosecution, according to the United States Attorney of the Eastern District of New York.
Amardeep Singh, of Woodbury, 45, was arrested after police and postal inspectors found and seized 23 pallets containing more than 100,000 face masks,10,000 surgical gowns, nearly 2,500 full-body isolation suits and more than 500,000 pairs of disposable gloves at his retail store in Pl…
Feds: 192,000 Respirator Masks, More Seized From Black Market Dealer Sent To NJ, NY Front Lines
A total of 192,000 N95 respirator masks and other personal protective equipment seized from a black market dealer busted by the FBI is being sent to the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus in New Jersey and New York, federal authorities announced Thursday.
The distributed equipment also includes 130,000 surgical masks, procedure masks, N100 masks, surgical gowns, disinfectant towels, particulate filters, bottles of hand sanitizer, and bottles of spray disinfectant, they said.
The equipment was seized from Baruch Feldheim, 43, who federal authorities said had enough black market…
