An enterprising guy from the USA decided to make money on the coronavirus, but he was punished (5 photos)

The coronavirus pandemic is scaring the whole world. But there is always a cunning person who, even during a plague epidemic, will find a reason to earn extra money. This guy turned out to be American Matt Colvin. He bought 18,000 antiseptics, antibacterial wipes, masks and other goods to create a shortage in the area and resell them at an inflated price. But the cunning trader never earned anything, because karma never sleeps and he was quickly exposed.

He added all the products in demand due to the coronavirus to his store on the Amazon website. To buy all these things, he and his colleagues went on a raid. In three days they traveled 2,092 km and emptied many stores. For gels, wipes and other products, he set prices from $8 to $70. This is several times higher than their original price. The insidious plan worked and Matt's goods quickly sold out. Choking with greed, the man was already rubbing his hands in anticipation of profit, but it was not to be.

Matt was quickly suspected of profiteering. As a result, Amazon banned the sale of sanitizers, masks and antibacterial wipes. He and his accomplices were also threatened that if they again tried to sell goods at an inflated price, their accounts in the store would be blocked. On eBay, the measures turned out to be even stricter - they banned the sale of masks and antiseptics in the United States.

As a result, the guy was left sitting on a mountain of 17,700 bottles of antiseptic that he couldn’t sell. Realizing the fiasco, Matt's greed was replaced by nobility. He decided to give what he had bought to those who needed the goods more.

Amazon and eBay stopped working with Matt, and the company from which he was renting a warehouse asked him to pack up. Law enforcement agencies also became interested in the American. According to Matt, he realized his mistake and is very sorry for what happened. As the man told the NYTimes, at that time he did not realize the seriousness of the situation with the coronavirus and did not expect that there would be a shortage of antiseptic in stores.

This is how capitalism turned out.