New York State duped of $69million by man who tweeted at Trump claiming he could supply 1450 ventilators
A man who claims to be a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, with no experience or knowledge in government contracting or medical supplies, has reportedly duped New York state of $69million just by tweeting at US President Trump that he could supply 1450 ventilators to help the state of New York in it’s battle against Coronavirus. Yaron Oren-Pines, who is actually an electrical engineer, was paid $47,656 each for 1,450 ventilators by New York state in March after he tweeted at Trump. Trump posted a tweet on March 27 urging American companies to ‘START MAKING VENTILATORS, NOW!’ Oren-Pines, founder of networking solutions company Legasus Networks, then replied to Trump’s Tweet saying: ‘We can supply ICU Ventilators, invasive and noninvasive. Have someone call me URGENT.’ New York state duped of $69million by man who tweeted at Trump claiming he could supply 1450 ventilators Over one month since he was paid the whooping sum of $69 million, New York state is yet to receive a single ventila...