Hadari Oshri’s misleading PPE claims
AN IMPORTANT NOTE: On June 22, 2021, Hadari Oshri –Marc Lubaszka’s business partner– filed a frivolous civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) against me to stop the publication of my investigative series “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar crime,” and any subsequent installments or future media coverage. On August 3, 2021, I filed an anti-SLAPP motion to strike Oshri’s CHRO petition. In a hearing held on September 13, 2021, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Doreen Boxer granted my anti-SLAPP motion and denied Oshri’s civil harassment petition for failure to sustain the applicable burden of proof. Oshri will now have to pay my attorney’s fees for filing a frivolous case. She also declined to go on a recorded interview or provide statements via email. And what follows are the next installments of my months-long investigative series whose publication Oshri desperately attempted yet failed to stop.
Los Angeles, CA – In 2021, Hadari Oshri published several articles and gave interviews on digital media outlets portraying herself as an expert on global supply chain and PPE. By voluntarily thrusting herself in the public domain –as she has been doing for years now–, the 40-year-old Israeli entrepreneur has exposed herself and her statements to criticism and scrutiny by buyers, consumers, readers, journalists and the public at large.
Both Oshri’s articles and the interviews she allegedly gave during the COVID-19 pandemic show that she clearly understood the importance of PPE, which was designated as “scarce material” by President Donald Trump.
What follows is a collection of statements on PPE made by Oshri that contradict the testimonies provided by Alaa Hattab, CEO of Canada-based Saniton Corporation, and Bill Underwood, Counsel for former Texan energy executive Arael Doolittle. The latter pleaded guilty to PPE wire fraud in 2021 and was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison in February 2022.
A long-form one-on-one interview with Oshri published in 2021 on The Inscriber Magazine, her website and her Medium account states:
“When the pandemic hit, she (Oshri) saw an opportunity to sell PPE.”
The article, written by Oshri’s ghost writer (Ryan Foland), underscores that Oshri “has pivoted to helping hospitals and other organizations source much-needed medical supplies and PPE from suppliers around the world” and that:
“Using her existing global connections in trade, she is taking advantage of the global demand for PPE goods. For the time being, this market segment is booming, and Hadari knows it. When the pandemic settles, you can bet Hadari will be looking to pivot again, to an industry with even more growth.”
In a long-form article that appeared in 2021 on Disrupt Global, Oshri’s website and her Medium account, she states:
“Over the last year, in a world impacted by a global pandemic, I have seen buyers circumventing their brokers. I have heard clearly that sellers are not being 100% loyal to their brokers… I have seen people present sellers that are not sellers. Examples of this and other problems are common in the many PPE deals during the pandemic that blew up and never closed.”
Additionally, Oshri says:
“A new industry like PPE is growing due to a global demand to fight COVID-19, and as a result, it is constantly growing. These products are in such demand that goods are traveling by water, ground, and air. With the rapid expansion of so many people trying to get involved in the PPE space, the more chances there have been for unscrupulous players and scammers to try to take advantage of others. Unfortunately, I know about others who have been scammed because they didn’t fully understand how trading works. I will continue to mature, and so will the industry. The thing to remember about growth is that it also comes with growing pains. So buyer, broker, and seller beware.”
Finally, in an article entitled “3 ways to keep integrity in big deals (while sticking to core values),” she says:
“In my experience with finding and funding international deals from fast-fashion inventory to millions of PPE products, I can tell you that the myriad of moving parts can make deals fall apart.”
In 2022, Oshri continues to spread misinformation about her PPE experience and alleged business deals by promoting her content on her Medium account.
Oshri’s ghost writer, author and public speaker Ryan Foland, blocked me on Twitter in response to my media requests for comment. Court documents also show that Foland referred to Oshri’s victims –former workers and contractors complaining about her business practices– as “trolls” in text exchanges between them.
The speaker went from having over 2K followers on Twitter to nearly 338K in an eye blink.
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