Chinese national found guilty after orchestrating fraud scheme, distributing over 1M non-compliant COVID-19 test kits
OAN Staff Lillian Mann and Brooke Mallory
Following a two-week federal trial, a Chinese national was convicted for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that distributed over one million non-compliant COVID-19 test kits throughout the United States during the peak of the pandemic.
Federal prosecutors demonstrated that the defendant bypassed critical safety regulations by importing and selling these faulty diagnostic tools, which failed to meet the rigorous standards required for public health emergency use.
This deceptive operation not only generated illicit profits but also posed a significant risk to public safety by providing unreliable results to consumers at a time of extreme national vulnerability.
The Chinese man was identified as Jia Bei Zhu, 64. He raked in nearly $4 million from selling non-compliant COVID-19 tests out of an underground biolab in Reedley, California, according to a statement released from the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Wednesday.
Zhu faced a 12-count indictment that included charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, the distribution of misbranded medical devices and providing false statements to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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