Federal authorities have seized millions of fake N95 masks over the past few weeks and are notifying healthcare workers and others about the phony protective equipment.

Homeland Security Department agents captured hundreds of thousands of fake 3M brand masks intercepted on Wednesday at a warehouse on the East Coast, the latest operation in an expansive federal investigation into the counterfeit masks across the country during the coronavirus pandemic.

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