Inside the black market where multimillion dollar orders for masks lead to empty warehouses
raised eyebrows earlier this week at a press conference
In blistering terms, Moskowitz described state governments chasing after ghost caches of protective masks and other critical medical equipment dangled by under-the-radar political operatives and mysterious middlemen who seem to be taking advantage of the biggest global health crisis in a century.
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