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Businessman Charged in Scheme to Hoard Personal Protective Equipment and Price Gouge Health Care Providers


Businessman Charged in Scheme to Hoard Personal Protective Equipment and Price Gouge Health Care Providers
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Jackson, Mississippi - A Mississippi businessman was charged with defrauding the United States and other health care providers in a $1.8 million scheme related to acquiring and hoarding personal protective equipment (PPE) and price gouging health care providers, including numerous U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals in critical need of PPE.
Nicholas L. McQuaid, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Darren J. LaMarca, Acting U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of Mississippi, Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Jackson, Mississippi Field Office, Jeffrey A. Breen, Special Agent in Charge of the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) South Central Field Office, and Jack Stanton, Acting Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration ....

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Ocean Springs businessman faces new charges related to PPE hoarding, price gouging


Ocean Springs businessman faces new charges related to PPE hoarding, price gouging
Anita Lee, The Sun Herald
Jan. 28 Ocean Springs developer Kenneth Ritchey of Ocean Springs faces a new set of charges over selling personal protective equipment to health care providers at inflated prices.
Ritchey already pleaded guilty in December to a state charge of price-gouging over PPE he sold to the Veteran Affairs center in Jackson.
The U.S. Attorney s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi said in a news release Wednesday that Ritchey, 57, has been indicted on federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to commit hoarding of designated scarce materials, and hoarding of designated scarce materials. ....

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Ocean Springs businessman hit with federal indictment for conspiracy, fraud involving PPE


Ocean Springs businessman hit with federal indictment for conspiracy, fraud involving PPE
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
GULFPORT, Mississippi Ocean Springs businessman Ken Ritchey has been indicted by a federal grand jury with multiple counts related to the hoarding of personal protective equipment and price gouging health care providers.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Ritchey was at the center of a $1.8 million scheme which included price gouging numerous U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals.
The justice department said Ritchey, 57, was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to commit hoarding of designated scarce materials and hoarding of designated scarce materials. ....

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