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San Diego doctor charged with fraud for selling alleged COVID-19 ‘miracle cure’

Published April 17, 2020 10:22 AM

(KYMA, KECY) - The owner of a Carmel Valley-based medical spa faces up to two decades in prison in connection with a COVID-19 "miracle cure" he claimed would make the virus "disappear in hours" and even render an uninfected person immune for six weeks, according to NBC San Diego.

Federal prosecutors charged Dr. Jennings Ryan Staley, 44, a licensed physician and operator of Skinny Beach Med Spa in California, with one count of mail fraud on Thursday.

Staley is accused of trying to sell an undercover FBI agent one of his "COVID-19 treatment packs," which included hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin (used to treat pink eye), Xanax, and anti-anxiety medication, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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