Feds Distribute 192K Masks Seized From NY Gouger

The New York Daily News reports:

The Health and Human Services Department said Thursday it had distributed some 192,000 N95 respirator masks and a large haul of other scarce medical supplies that the FBI had seized during the arrest of a Brooklyn man.

Baruch Feldheim, 43, was arrested Monday after he allegedly coughed on FBI agents and told them he had the coronavirus. Prosecutors alleged in court documents that Feldheim sold the N95 masks to doctors and nurses at inflated prices; in one instance at as much as a 700% markup.

They’re now being distributed to health care workers in New York and New Jersey. The department used its authority under the Defense Production Act to make the move.

My story on Feldheim’s arrest is here.