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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."...
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."...
