An Oregon man, Jiang Yu, faces up to 10 years in prison for selling over $2.5 million in fake N95 masks to third-party companies during the pandemic.
He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit goods and admitted to supplying the masks while his co-conspirators advertised them as authentic.
Yu must forfeit a significant number of counterfeit masks and luxury vehicles as part of his plea agreement. (Trending: Transgender Actor ‘Purposefully Misgendered’ By Airline Employee)
According to court documents, the “Defendant and his co-conspirators sold at least $2,531,857.53 in counterfeit masks to various purchasers.”
“The majority of sales were to third-party companies, many of whom sold to healthcare providers,” reads the filing.
Additionally, a medical supply company, Medical Pros, claimed to have purchased numerous counterfeit masks from Yu and is suing his company.
The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations led the case against Yu, and his counterfeit mask business was one of many that took advantage of the high demand for protective equipment during the pandemic.
“[W]hen customers raised questions about the authenticity of the products, [Yu] worked with [the co-conspirators] to design and edit fake certificates of authenticity in an attempt to lull and trick purchasers about the nature of their counterfeit products,” wrote Yu in his plea agreement.
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