39 million masks for California hospitals that never materialized spark federal investigation

ktla ^ | 04/04/2020

[BenLurkin]

The union that represents healthcare workers in California announced it had arranged the purchase of 39 million N95 masks for hospitals and government agencies that badly need the protective equipment.

Among the intended recipients was Kaiser Permanente, which placed orders for 6 million masks.

A week later, none of those masks have materialized, and Kaiser is cooperating with a federal fraud investigation into the deal, a spokesman for the health plan confirmed.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Did they pay in advance for a set delivery date?

[Spktyr]

Anyone want to bet that the 39 million masks the SEIU said they had have all mysteriously disappeared?

[Ann Archy]

The UNION probably SOLD them to a higher bidder!

[ConjunctionJunction]

Notice how the name of the union is not mentioned in the article. It is SEIU.

[George from New England]

probably enroute — on the slow boat from china. as slow as possible i presume

[Moonmad27]

Having worked over ten years as a director in a department where SEIU represented my employees, I despise that union. This is just business as usual for them.

[Beagle8U]

If you can’t trust the SEIU Union who can you trust?/sarc

[AndyJackson]

Did they pay the right bribes to the distributor to ensure that the shipment wasn’t diverted to someone paying a higher bribe?

[BobL]

“What is the death rate solely attributable to the virus? Of those that have died, how many had serious underlying conditions?”

Just stake out a handful of SEIU types and you’ll see them wearing masks, every time they go out.

[conservative98]

They went to Brooklyn and now the FBI has them all.

[bigbob]

I’ll bet they were hoarding them and the masks were confiscated by the feds.

[stylin19a]

turns out there were no masks. The article points to the L.A. Times to read the rest of the story.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-03/coronavirus-seiu-masks-supplies-investigation

SEIU was the middleman for the middleman.

"Kaiser withdrew from the deal and no money ever changed hands, he said.

“We learned shortly afterward that the supplier never had possession of the masks,” Brown said in an email. “We are cooperating with federal law enforcement in their investigation of suspected fraud in this case.”"

[Howie66]

Did the order go through Mr. Paul Pelosi by any chance?

[mad_as_he$$]

Thanks for the link!

[goodnesswins]

SEIU RUNS OREGON...Politically, governmentally, in every way

[PLMerite]

Maybe they fell off the back of the truck?

[Buckeye McFrog]

An SEIU member used to live a few doors down the street. There were always purple shirt gatherings and funky business going on in his garage. Distribution point for ill-gotten gains I reckon.

[catnipman]

unfulfilled orders placed with Tony and The Boys or 3M ... you decide ...

[Vaduz]

The Godfather winks