Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 57, claimed to have developed a patent-pending cure and a treatment to prevent coronavirus infection, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
A Huntington Beach part-time actor was sentenced Monday to eight years in federal prison for soliciting investors in companies that marketed fake cures and treatments for COVID-19, prosecutors said.Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 57, claimed to have developed a patent-pending cure and a treatment to prevent coronavirus infection, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. He called the cure 'QC20,' and the treatment 'QP20.
district judge based Middlebrook's sentence in part on finding that he obstructed justice by lying on the witness stand when he testified about his purported relationship and business dealings with Johnson. He also told investors that a party in Dubai had offered to purchase his companies for $10 billion, and this offer would secure the victim-investors' investments in the companies.
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