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Texas men busted in $317M scam pitching non-existent N95 masks to Australia

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Two Texas men have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in the attempted sale of 50 million non-existent N95 facemasks to a foreign government.

Paschal Ngozi Eleanya, 46, turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday and Arael Doolittle, 55, was taken into custody on Nov.

20, the Justice Department said in a statement on Tuesday. Doolittle was scheduled for an arraignment and detention hearing Wednesday at 10 a.m.

EST. A three-count indictment against the Houston-area residents was returned by a federal grand jury on Nov. 19. A California woman wears a mask as she collects her concessions at the Paramount Drive-In Theatres, Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Paramount, Calif.

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