The press release also included a quoted statement from Brady saying that the company was considering buying masks from foreign suppliers to sell to foreign buyers.
According to the SEC, Praxsyn’s press release was false and misleading citing the fact that the company did not reach any specific deal with a supplier or purchaser to acquire or sell masks. The company had no orders from any potential buyer to evaluate.
The SEC also alleged that Praxsyn issued another press release on March 4 and it contained “even more egregiously false statements” that it “has a large number of N95 masks…” and using a “worldwide network, Praxsyn has created a direct pipeline from manufacturers and suppliers to buyers giving those that qualify, the fairest price on the market. ” In the press release, Brady was quoted stating that the company was accepting orders of a minimum of 100,000 masks.
The Commission noted that the defendants also lied in the second press release. Praxsyn has no masks in possession, no agreements to buy masks from any supplier or manufacturers, and gas no orders. It had no worldwide network or pipeline. It only had e-mail exchanges from four foreign companies in its effort to find masks and it had three initial inquiries from potential buyers.
Regulatory inquiry forced the company to admit it had no masks
On March 31, Praxsyn issued a third press release admitting it had no available masks to sell. The company decided to tell the truth after regulatory inquiries regarding the matter.
