Price Gougers Caught Hoarding One Million Face Masks in New York: DOJ

Workers producing masks that will be exported at a factory in Nanchang, China, on April 8, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Two men have been arrested for allegedly attempting to sell 1 million KN95 face masks in New York City at double or triple the original price, violating the Defense Production Act, the Department of Justice said on April 28.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a release Tuesday that the two individuals, 56-year-old Kent Bulloch and 64-year-old William Young, Sr., are being charged in a criminal complaint unsealed in a federal court in Brooklyn with conspiracy to violate the Defense Production Act.