Product manufacturer 3M filled fraud legal suit against Florida company, MM Medical Supply

Florida company accused of selling counterfeit surgical N95 is facing legal battle as Product manufacturer 3M has filed a trademark and fraud lawsuit against it.

The lawsuit says that MM Medical Supply sold tens of thousands of false 3M masks to South Shore Health System this year and sold the masks at “exorbitantly inflated” prices.

On March 31 the lawsuit was filed in federal court in Florida. It says the issue was recognized by 3M after a worker at the Weymouth hospital noticed that the masks seemed off. He contacted 3M, which confirmed that the masks were fakes.

A message seeking comment was left with MM Medical Supply, which is based in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

The suit accuses the company of “pandemic profiteering.”