Ocean Springs businessman faces new charges related to PPE hoarding, price gouging
Anita Lee, The Sun Herald
Jan. 28—Ocean Springs developer Kenneth Ritchey of Ocean Springs faces a new set of charges over selling personal protective equipment to health care providers at inflated prices.
Ritchey already pleaded guilty in December to a state charge of price-gouging over PPE he sold to the Veteran Affairs center in Jackson.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Mississippi said in a news release Wednesday that Ritchey, 57, has been indicted on federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to commit hoarding of designated scarce materials, and hoarding of designated scarce materials.