A man from Massachusetts and his brother have been sentenced to a scheme in Price Gouge hospitals for facial masks that were abused as N95 respirators during the first phase of Covid-19 Pandemic, announced on the United States Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday.
Norfolk, Massachusetts, 36 -year -old Jeffrey Motha resident and Miami, Florida, resident Daniel Motha, 40 The United States Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. A federal judge condemned each brother to one year of probation and ordered them to pay a $ 9,500 fine in relation to the charges.
The two brothers owned a Florida -defined company called JDM Supply LLC, which conspired with another company, ADVOQUE SAFRECUARD LLC: a PPE manufacturer, to distribute facial masks that were incorrect as a National Institute for Occupational Health and Health (Niosh), said that the N95 respirators in the spring of 2020, said the United States prosecutor.
JDM Supply cheated on a hospital in believing that the masks were Niosh approved by Niosh N95s, said the United States Prosecutor’s Office. As a result, the hospital accepted and paid approximately 850,000 of the facial masks at a total price of about $ 2.6 million.
JDM Supply sent the Niosh test results and Niosh Hospital approval documents for a different mask, said the United States lawyer. But ultimately, the hospital did not use the masks, which were finally returned to Advoque.
In August 2020, a Niosh laboratory tested a sample of the masks sent to the hospital, said the United States Prosecutor’s Office. The masks were tested between 83.94% and 93.24% of filtration efficiency, thus falling below the minimum level of filtration efficiency of 95% required for N95 respirators.
In August 2023, Norfolk, Massachusetts, the resident Jason Collanthuoni declared himself guilty of conspiracy to commit prices regarding the case, said the United States Prosecutor’s Office. Colantuoni is expected to be convicted on June 23, 2025.