A US man conned R5bn out of a âfriendlyâ foreign country for non-existent masks
Feb 04, 2021, 06:17 AM
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A Nepalese health worker in protective gear, ready to collect swab samples to test them for the coronavirus in Singh Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, July 29, 2020.
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A US man tried to sell 50 million nonexistent N95 masks to an unnamed foreign government, authorities there say.
The 64-year-old was caught by the US Secret Service after the country wired $317 million – nearly R5 billion – to the US.
He was sentenced to six months of home confinement, three months of probation, and a fine.