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ST PAUL, Minnesota: Industrial conglomerate 3M Co said Friday (May 1) that it sued five vendors for allegedly trying to attack government officials with fraudulent offers to sell billions of nonexistent N95 respirators.
Sellers tried to sell respirators to officials in Florida, Wisconsin and Indiana at very high prices, 3M said, adding that they were not connected with the company.
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Designed to filter 95 percent of airborne particles, N95 respirators are among the most necessary personal protective equipment for medical professionals fighting the coronavirus outbreak.
The company said that one case claimed to have up to five billion respirators at inflated prices, falsely affiliating 3M.
“We will continue to take legal action in cases like these and we are working closely with national and international law enforcement agencies to help arrest the perpetrators of these illegal and unethical schemes,” said 3M senior vice president Ivan Fong.
3M said it would donate any recovered damages to non-profit organizations related to COVID-19. It has filed a total of 10 lawsuits in April in its effort to fight fraud.
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