SEC Says PPE Distributor Fabricated Pandemic-Era Deal

By Sydney Price ( February 23, 2026, 6:46 PM EST) -- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a suit Monday accusing the CEO and consultant of a consumer goods company of artificially inflating the company's share price by nearly 200% by disseminating a false press release touting $10 million in orders for health supplies at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic....

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