Texas man who tried to fraudulently sell N95 masks to Australian state pleads guilty

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A man from Houston, Texas pleaded guilty on Tuesday in connection to trying to sell 50 million N95 respirator masks that he did not own to an Australian state government, Reuters reported.
Prosecutors said Arael Doolittle, 56, and Paschal Eleanya tried to sell about three million masks to the New South Wales government in Australia, charging fivefold what the normal retail price is. The other masks were allegedly going to be given to representatives of the government and the duo’s "broker," Reuters reported.
The Department of Justice noted in a statement on Tuesday that officials broke up the business dealing before it was finalized.

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