The men even went so far as to seal and shrink-wrap empty boxes, slapping fake 3M labels on some, federal officials said.
“The defendants sought to take advantage of the urgent national need for life-saving personal protective equipment through a fraudulent scheme designed to line their own pockets,” said Richard P. Donoghue, United States attorney forDonoghue added that his office was"working tirelessly to ensure that scam artists who seek to capitalize on the worldwide pandemic will be brought to justice.”
In fact, International Commerce and Investment Group was incorporated September 2017 as a real estate investment firm with Allen as the vice president and Revolorio as the president. According to the complaint, the company did not get involved with medical supplies until March 2020. The toll-free telephone listed on the “contact us” page of the website actually connected to automated message advertising an adult telephone service.
The pair also allegedly misrepresented how many masks they had available. At one point, they claimed to be selling one million masks that were, in fact, owned by an entirely unrelated third party, federal authorities said. They even went so far as to seal and shrink-wrap empty boxes, slapping fake 3M labels on some, the complaint said.
warehouse, they only found 33,305 3-ply surgical masks — less than 2 percent of the amount they would have needed to fulfill that order. And, authorities said, it's not even clear that the pair owned those masks.
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