The Newark case is one of a handful that federal prosecutors have brought over the past few weeks. shut down a website that promised consumers access to World Health Organization “vaccine kits” in exchange for a shipping charge of $4.95, payable by credit card. “Everybody has been chasing the Covid dollar bird,” he said in a telephone conversation, according to court papers. But when health care providers like Kaiser Permanente sought to verify and inspect the man’s supply chain, he proved more and more elusive. Last week, a federal prosecutor contacted the union, the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, for details about the seller.

Source: International New York Times April 05, 2020 09:00 UTC