NEW: US federal prosecutors have charged 2 men, a used car salesman and a pharmacist who dubbed himself “the Mask Man,” in separate schemes to inflate the prices of personal protective equipment used to guard against COVID-19.
Prosecutors say Schirripa kept the nearly 4,000 opioid pills in his possession, which were found in a safe in his home during a law enforcement search last month.
“As alleged, Richard Schirripa exploited an unprecedented crisis to engage in profiteering,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said in a statement.In a separate case, Ronald Romano, a used car salesman from New Jersey, is accused of purchasing large quantities of personal protective equipment in February with the intent to resell it at up to 500% mark-ups to the city of New York and the Florida Division of Emergency Management during the heart of the crisis in mid-March.
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