The United States Attorney’s office for the Northern District of California announced today indictments of Michigan man Rodney L. Stevenson II for wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering. Stevenson was indicted for “his operation of an e-commerce site that claimed to have N95 masks for sale during the current COVID-19 epidemic,” announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, U.S. Postal Inspector in Charge Rafael E. Nuñez, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig Fair.
Michigan man indicted for N95, N99 mask scam
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