A Man Who Got $69 Million By Tweeting At Trump Apparently Tried To Sell Masks To California

[demmiblue]

Source: Buzz Feed News

A Silicon Valley engineer who tweeted an offer to sell ventilators to President Trump and then received $69 million from New York for a contract he never fulfilled also apparently attempted to sell large quantities of N95 masks to California.

The man, Yaron Oren-Pines, proposed selling the state at least 18 million of the masks in late March as concerns about a shortage of personal protective equipment to fight the coronavirus pandemic mounted, BuzzFeed News has learned.

In that instance, Oren-Pines turned to a different social media platform: Nextdoor, a hyperlocal site that’s typically used to alert neighbors of prowlers, sell used furniture, or advertise babysitting gigs.

“3M 1860 N-95 Masks - Very large quantities for Government - please help,” an account in the name of Yaron Oren-Pines posted to the Nextdoor site in the San Jose area on March 21. “Those are the masks that everyone (in the world) is searching for.”

Read more: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/coronavirus-masks-trump-tweet-california#4ldqpgc

[benld74]

1. FFS Nextdoor,,, to $69 mil

[Initech]

2. In other words, California got 69'd by Trump.

Screwed in the front and screwed in the back!

[MFM008]

4. don't think maggot doesn't enjoy the thought

of really hurting the state.
He blames California for the loss of the election in the people count ("3 million illegal votes&quot
hes a sadist..
hes all about revenge.

[LisaL]

5. California didn't purchase anything from him.

He only tried to sell it to California. But he did manage to get a lot of money out of New York.

[mike1977]

3. SMH

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So New York cut a check for 69 Million to someone based on a "Tweet" that he had ventilators and masks? Um, I do not care who referred the "Tweet" to them, you don't just send money to someone because someone else says "hey this guy on Twitter says he has xyz and you need xyz". I have had more sophisticated scams (targeted against me) than this on dating apps and they were obvious there.

[catrose]

8. The White House recommended the guy.

I'd carry an umbrella if anyone in the WH said "good morning," but New York bought it. They're clawing back what they can.
[link:https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjky7Kj4KDpAhVDba0KHbc4Cm8QFjADegQIBRAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Famericas%2Fnew-york-coronavirus-ventilators-yaron-oren-pines-trump-tweet-cuomo-a9492531.html&usg=AOvVaw0UkoKooBkFn9ydEPnRv2Gi|]

[marble falls]

10. Book mark.

[Kali]

13. good book mark

he showed up in the shooting thread today

[EarthFirst]

6. FFS. Did they send the wire transfer via Western Union as well?

Yikes!

[chowder66]

7. The Coronavirus task force referred him to Cuomo. They have retrieved 59 million back so far...

A report by the New York Times on Tuesday found that Oren-Pines had been referred by members of a team overseen by Jared Kushner to the Department of Health and Human Services, which in turn forwarded the referral to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/coronavirus-masks-trump-tweet-california#4ldqpgc

[rockfordfile]

9. He should be in jail

[CRK7376]

11. Sounds like this guy

is copycatting our Grifter in Chief....

[AKing]

12. Was the 69 million paid via Gift Cards...Asking for friend