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Oregon DOJ, Better Business Bureau investigating Center for COVID Control
Grace Hauck USA TODAY
Jan 11, 2022
CHICAGO – The Oregon Department of Justice and the Better Business Bureau have launched investigations into an Illinois-based company that runs COVID-19 testing sites across the nation.
The Oregon Department of Justice opened a civil investigation into the Center for COVID Control this week for Unfair Trade Practices Act violations, spokesperson Kristina Edmunson said.
The company operates testing sites across the nation – some as "pop-ups" run out ofsheds and mobile storage units. Many Americans have rushed to the sites amid a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant and a national shortage of tests. But dozens of people nationwide have reached out to USA TODAY expressing concerns about the company.
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued a consumer alert Tuesday warning residents about "pop-up" COVID-19 testing sites. He did not name the Center for COVID Control, specifically.
"It is important for people to know that these sites are not licensed or regulated by a government agency,'' Raoul said in a statement, "and they should ask questions before visiting a pop-up testing location – or try to utilize a state-sponsored testing site."
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Florida's attorney general issued a statement Thursday warning about new and re-emerging COVID-19 test scams. The statement cited "recent reports of suspicious COVID-19 testing sites popping up in Illinois" that "appear legitimate but are designed to steal personal information from unsuspecting test seekers."...
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