NY business owner becomes first charged under Defense Production Act for hoarding PPE, sanitizer

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A Long Island man is charged with violating the Defense Production Act, after prosecutors say he hoarded several tons of personal protective equipment needed by those treating Covid-19 and sold it at his store for huge markups, according to court filings

In a complaint filed Friday, federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York say that Amardeep Singh, 45, filled his Long Island warehouse and store with protective equipment and sanitizing products that are in serious shortage nationwide and New York.

Singh is based in Nassau County, New York, where county executive Laura Curran said first responders are facing a critical gown shortage. The country's coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000 as a few states relax restrictions Friday"Price gouging essential products during a pandemic is already unethical, but to hoard gowns when our County's hospital workers are in desperate need of them? Outrageous," Curran said in a statement to CNN.

 

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