Beware of Fraudulent Activity! — DGS has recently been made aware of fraudulent Purchase Orders and Spoof emafis issued to the vendor
- Date
- 2021-05-20
Summary
Exhibit 108, filed May 20, 2021 as Document 150-24 in Case 1:20-cv-00658-LMB-IDD. It is an email chain dated April 2, 2020 in which a DGS contracts administrator forwards to FBI personnel a message received from a person who, according to the email, claimed to be Blue Flame's consultant. The forwarded message answers four questions about a wire transfer, potential solutions, an investigation and clients. It states that Blue Flame Medical moved its account to Bank of America, proposes delivering 10 million masks at a time toward 100 million masks with 75% paid per order and 25% on delivery, and states that there is no investigation. The DGS email signature carries a warning to vendors about fraudulent purchase orders and spoof emails.
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“Beware of Fraudulent Activity! — DGS has recently been made aware of fraudulent Purchase Orders and Spoof emafis issued to the vendor.”
Original at ecf.vaed.uscourts.gov, dated 2021-05-20. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2021-05-20-beware-of-fraudulent-activity-dgs-has-recently-been-made-aware-of-fraudulent-pu/
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EXHIBIT 108
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Message
From: Wong, Michael@DGS [Michael.Wong@dgs.ca.gov]
Sent: 4/2/2020 4:55:00 PM
To: Lawand, Sarah E. (SC)(FBI)[selawand@fbi.gov]; Dshanzal@fbi.gov
CC: tom.anzelmo@caloes.ca.gov; Shell, Angela@DGS [Angela.Shell@dgs.ca.gov]
Subject: FW: Blue Flame
H i Sarah and Dave,
Below is an email I just received from Matt, who called me yesterday claiming to be Blue Flame's consultant.
Respectfully,
Nthk*,wor,
Contracts Administrator
Phone: 91b-441-9b19
Email: Michael.Wong@dgs.ca.gov
DES PROCUREMENT
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Beware of Fraudulent Activity! — DGS has recently been made aware of fraudulent Purchase Orders and Spoof emafis issued to the vendor
community. Always confirm the validity of any Purchase Order by contacting the agency making the request. Do not process any order that appears
suspicious. Do not click on any hyperlinks from a suspicious email. A list of State agency contact information is provided on the DGS website located at
http://www.dos.ca.qov/pd/Programs/Deleqated.aspx. Be vigilant by confirming valid State of California emails and phone numbers at
https://cold.govops.ca.govt Vigilance is everyone's responsibility. For more information please visit
httplAvwwdos.ca.gov/pd/Home/FRAUDALERT.aspx.
From: Mathew Littman <mathewlittman@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 2:49 PM
To: Wong, Michael@DGS <Michael.Wong@dgs.ca.gov>
Subject: Fwd: Blue Flame
CAUTION: This email originated from a NON-State email address. Do not click links or open attachments unless you are certain of
the sender's authenticity.
M ichael, per our conversation, Blue Flame's answers to all questions. We are ready to go and happy to answer any
further questions.
1- Outline what happened with the wire transfer:
We opened a new account, Blue Flame Medical, to handle the larger transactions. This California transaction was bigger
than half the bank's assets, bigger,for instance, than our transaction with Maryland, so they were unable to do it. We
subsequently moved to Bank of America. The regional managerfor BofA said he would be happy to speak with you.
We've become such a big part of BofA that we will be on their promotional materials.
2- Potential solutions:
As you know, our supply chain has been working to make sure we have all the products available for all of our
clients, especially you. This is a worldwide chain.
We are prepared to process this transaction the same way as before. Alternatively, we can send 10 million masksfor
delivery, payable as 75% per order and 25% on delivery,for the 100 million masks. So, let's say you get 10 million masks
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on the 9th; then on the 14th; then on the 20th, etc. You would pay 75% upfrontfor the 9th, 25% upon delivery; and same
as it goes. That leaves you with more certainty. Also, and as is in our contract, you have a 48 hour window to look at the
product and if it does not meet your standards, you can reject it with money returned.
3-There is no investigation. A return ofa sum that large triggers an automatic look but that has come and gone. We are
completely 100% honest and as a matter offact, we work with many law enforcement organizations.
Here are seven police organizations that we are working with right now:
Idaho State Police, Melbourne Airport Police, Melbourne Police, Maryland State Police, Criminal Investigations - state of
Iowa, Florida Dept of Law Enforcement.
4- Clients- We have sold millions of masks to, as but one example, the state of Maryland. We are happy to have you
speak with the electeds of Maryland or several other of our clients. We have sold PPE kits here in California and we also
just began to supply St. John's hospital.
We hope that answers any questions. We were also in the LA Times today. We believe we have the biggest supply chain
in the world and we are ready to move forward today. - Matt
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