Unapproved COVID antibody tests might provide false results.
Federal agent gives prevention tips, describes scams.
He created phony medical records in victims’ names.
They’re trying to steal people’s identities, money, or both.
He used parties at senior housing in a fraud scheme.
A dozen federal officials offer advice to outsmart coronavirus scammers.
They will stop at nothing to exploit the pandemic.
They have to pay almost $1 million in restitution.
The financial total for the scheme is alleged to be more than $6 million.
One has been accused, separately, of false Alzheimer’s diagnoses.
There are no FDA-approved cures, tests, or vaccines.
Scam artists are using the pandemic to try to steal Medicare numbers.