Indictment v — No. 1:21-cr-00031 (Dkt. 1, W.D.N.Y.)

Summary

A grand jury indictment against Joseph Bella, Case 1:21-cr-00031-RJA-MJR, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, filed February 25, 2021 as Document 1, charging violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1014, 1957(a), 1341, 1343, and 2 in 17 Counts. Counts 1 through 3 allege that Bella, President of Medcor Staffing, Inc., falsely told a Utah test maker that Medcor was an end user laboratory, and that the maker sold 5,000 COVID-19 Tests to Medcor. The mail fraud count concerns the April 20, 2020 shipment of those tests. Counts 5 through 12 allege Bella told an undercover agent that Bella had 50,000 tests and offered them for $30 per test, or more. The forfeiture section lists Key Bank accounts of Medcor Staffing Inc. and Tatonka Industries LLC seized February 11, 2021.

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