The arrest of a New Yorker allowed the FBI police to get their hands on 192,000 N95 masks that were allegedly sold at high prices on the black market, thousands of which are believed to come from Ontario or Quebec.
But none of those masks will return to Canada as all of the material seized last Sunday will be distributed to medical and nursing staff in New York and New Jersey states already struggling with a severe shortage of protective equipment, the department said Thursday. American health.
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The FBI has discovered dozens of cases of brand-new N95 masks hidden at the home of Baruch Feldheim, 43, in Brooklyn, and in an industrial warehouse in New Jersey.
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Sources familiar with the investigation confirmed to the Journal that a considerable quantity of the seized masks first arrived by truck in New York State from Canada on March 25.
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700% more expensive
Border agents from this American state bordering Quebec and Ontario noted that this truck was carrying “eight pallets of surgical masks” to the company whose warehouse was raided by the police four days later, mentions the FBI in court documents.
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However, authorities have not disclosed in which province the source of this shipment of N95 masks to New York was located.
Baruch Feldheim reportedly negotiated the black sale of 3,000 masks and 2,800 protective uniforms to two medical professionals in New Jersey in March by text messages.
They spent $ 12,000 for this material, “about 700% more than the normal price,” according to the FBI.
Feldheim is also accused of having “intentionally coughed in the direction of the police without covering his mouth” at the time of the search, in addition to having claimed that he was infected with COVID-19.
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