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(Pittsburgh, PA.) Former Director of Emergency Management at the University of Pittsburgh 43-year-old Christopher D. Casamento, of the Ross Township area was sentenced in federal court yesterday for Selling Stolen PPE during the pandemic.
United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab imposed a sentence of 4 yeas of probation, 180 days of house arrest, and a fine of $4,000 for his conviction on Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property. He was also ordered to make full restitution to the University of Pittsburgh. Casamento was the former Director of Emergency Management at the University of Pittsburgh and he was charged with stealing Personal Protective Equipment from the University, during the height of the Covid pandemic from February 28, 2020, to March 22, 2020. Casamento stole over 13,000 pieces of Aura N95 and other respirator masks and sold them from his eBay vendor page to buyers nationwide at excessive prices in February and March 2020. Casamento earned approximately $18,783.50.