A Santa Rosa lawyer has been charged with violating the Defense Production Act by conspiring to inflate the price of masks needed amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a complaint unsealed Tuesday in the Eastern District of New York.

Kent Bulloch, 56, was charged alongside an Arizona-based businessman, 64-year-old William Young Sr. Both men are accused of seeking to profit off the pandemic by reselling the masks, according to court filings and a news release. Bulloch also agreed to create fake documents to hide price gouging, according to the complaint.

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