Rodney Lewis Stevenson II guilty of money laundering; wire, mail fraud
A federal jury in San Francisco has found a Michigan man guilty of failing to deliver almost $3.5 million worth of N95 masks to thousands of customers as the COVID-19 pandemic began.
DOJ ANNOUNCES CHARGES AGAINST HUNDREDS ACCUSED OF STEALING COVID-19 FUNDS
A product stall filled with free N95 respirator masks, provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, sits outside the pharmacy at a Jackson, Mississippi, Kroger grocery store, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Online court records show the jury found Rodney Lewis Stevenson II of Muskegon guilty of wire and mail fraud as well as money laundering Thursday.
Stevenson was indicted in January 2021. According to prosecutors, he advertised N95 masks on a website complete with fake names and photographs of company executives. He sold $3.5 million worth of masks to 25,000 customers between February and March 2020 but never delivered most of them and refused to issue refunds.
Stevenson's attorney, listed in online court records as Robert Frederick Waggener, declined to comment.
