The US Justice Department sued a Chinese company for selling nearly a half-million fake and substandard N95 masks to US buyers in April as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country.
In a complaint filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, the department said Guangdong-based King Year Packaging and Printing shipped three batches of purported N95 masks, needed to protect medical and other personnel from the coronavirus, to US buyers.
“The charges alleged in this complaint show a blatant disregard for the safety of American citizens,” FBI agent Douglas Korneski, who investigated the masks deal, said in a statement.
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