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The fraud goes deep in the Silicon Valley Tech CEO pretending-to-be medical device manufacturer / ventilator hero world: > "Yaron Oren-Pines, who is listed as

The fraud goes deep in the Silicon Valley Tech CEO pretending-to-be medical device manufacturer / ventilator hero world: > "Yaron Oren-Pines, who is listed as CEO 0f InCommon in San Jose on both Twitter and LinkedIn, responded to a tweet sent by President Donald Trump on March 27 calling for General Motors and Ford to immediately begin making ventilators. Oren-Pines responded to the president's tweet, saying, "We can supply ICU Ventilators, invasive and non-invasive. Have someone call me URGENT." Oren-Pines has not tweeted since. Three days later, according to BuzzFeed, New York apparently paid Oren-Pines $69,102,000 for 1,450 ventilators, or $47,656 per ventilator. It was the second-largest purchase made by the state of New York for coronavirus-related medical supplies, according to an analysis by the Albany Times-Union. To date, New York has received no ventilators from Oren-Pines. A state official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told BuzzFeed that New York made the deal with Oren-Pines on the recommendation of the White House coronavirus task force. The state has since ended the contract, and is attempting to recover the money." * https://www.sfgate.com/news/editorspicks/article/NY-paid-Bay-Area-CEO-69M-for-ventilators-but-15235828.php https://www.sfgate.com/news/editorspicks/article/NY-paid-Bay... * https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/silicon-valley-engineer-tweeted-to-trump-promising-ventilators-to-ny-then-scored-86m-contract-but-the-ventilators-never-came/ar-BB13QzeE https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/silicon-valley-engineer-tw... And there's more Silicon Valley Tech CEO medical device wanna-be pretenders: * https://abc7.com/california-coronavirus-cases-ventilators-medical-supplies-hospital/6060497/ https://abc7.com/california-coronavirus-cases-ventilators-me... And here's ya boy Elon Musk faking-it and never making-it: * https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article241982586.html https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article241982586.h... * https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/04/16/newsom-not-personally-aware-of-elon-musk-ventilator-deliveries-1277318 https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/04/16/...

nmfisher 6y ago
> Three days later, according to BuzzFeed, New York apparently paid Oren-Pines $69,102,000 for 1,450 ventilators, or $47,656 per ventilator. It was the second-largest purchase made by the state of New York for coronavirus-related medical supplies, according to an analysis by the Albany Times-Union. > To date, New York has received no ventilators from Oren-Pines. This is either sheer incompetence or brazen corruption. In my experience, it's usually the former, but I'm having trouble believing that this one isn't the latter.
- SamBam 6y ago
  > New York made the deal with Oren-Pines on the recommendation of the White House coronavirus task force Everything about the White House coronavirus task force has screamed "corruption" the whole way down. From this article [1], one of several such investigations: > Many of the volunteers were told to prioritize tips from political allies and associates of President Trump, tracked on a spreadsheet called “V.I.P. Update,” > Few of the leads, V.I.P. or otherwise, panned out, according to a whistle-blower memo written by one volunteer and sent to the House Oversight Committee. > ...personal relationships and loyalty are often prized over governmental expertise, and private interests are granted extraordinary access and deference. 1. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/jared-kushner-fema-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/jared-kushner-fema-cor...

nmfisher 6y ago

> Three days later, according to BuzzFeed, New York apparently paid Oren-Pines $69,102,000 for 1,450 ventilators, or $47,656 per ventilator. It was the second-largest purchase made by the state of New York for coronavirus-related medical supplies, according to an analysis by the Albany Times-Union. > To date, New York has received no ventilators from Oren-Pines. This is either sheer incompetence or brazen corruption. In my experience, it's usually the former, but I'm having trouble believing that this one isn't the latter.

SamBam 6y ago
> New York made the deal with Oren-Pines on the recommendation of the White House coronavirus task force Everything about the White House coronavirus task force has screamed "corruption" the whole way down. From this article [1], one of several such investigations: > Many of the volunteers were told to prioritize tips from political allies and associates of President Trump, tracked on a spreadsheet called “V.I.P. Update,” > Few of the leads, V.I.P. or otherwise, panned out, according to a whistle-blower memo written by one volunteer and sent to the House Oversight Committee. > ...personal relationships and loyalty are often prized over governmental expertise, and private interests are granted extraordinary access and deference. 1. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/jared-kushner-fema-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/jared-kushner-fema-cor...