By: Barry Mangold
TULSA, Okla. -
A Tulsa business is seeking damages from several international companies involved in a botched order of N95 masks for the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
Casey Bradford, a Tulsa business owner behind PPE Supplies LLC, was hired by the health department to seek out and purchase nearly two million of the medically certified masks last year during high global demand. The agency wired his company, PPE Supplies LLC, $2.1 million in March 2020.
The company operated by Bradford, Michael Velasquez, and Brett Baker worked with companies based in Washington state, Kuwait, Cambodia, and China on a $1.74 million order for one million masks, according to court documents filed by Bradford’s attorney.