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Texans arrested over alleged scam to sell NSW 50 million face masks that never existed – Sydney Morning Herald
The alleged US conmen thought they’d found a buyer in NSW for their 50 million non-existent face masks until the US Secret Service stepped in.
Mr Doolittle was charged last month over an unrelated scam in which he is alleged to have defrauded 21 investors out of $US1.2 million with bogus oil and gas deals. That figure is small coin compared with the $US275 million he and Mr Eleanya hoped to gain from their alleged deal with NSW.
Documents before a US court allege that, in March this year, the same month the World Health Organisation declared coronavirus a pandemic, the pair began searching for purchasers interested in buying large quantities…
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