2023-08-15 02:09:07
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH- A Utah resident and fugitive for three years was arrested in Utah County on federal charges of fraud and smuggling counterfeit COVID-19 medications.
According to court documents, Gordon Hunter Pedersen, 63, of Cedar Hills, Utah, who had a warrant issued for his arrest on August 25, 2020, was charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, and felony misbranded drug smuggling. in interstate commerce.
The court documents also state that at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, before approved vaccines were available, Pedersen sold a “structural alkaline silver” product over the internet that he claimed “resonates or vibrates at a frequency that destroys the virus membrane, rendering the virus incapable of attaching to any healthy cell, or infecting you in any way.”
In Pedersen’s alleged attempt to further defraud, he falsely claimed in YouTube videos that he was a board-certified “anti-aging physician.” In addition, it is alleged that he falsely claimed that he had a Ph.D. in immunology and a Ph.D. in naturopathic medicine.
A pending civil case is being handled by the Department of Justice’s Civil Division, Consumer Protection Branch with the assistance of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah.
On May 17, 2021, the Attorney General established the COVID-19 Fraud Control Task Force to bring together the resources of the Department of Justice in partnership with agencies across government to enhance efforts to combat and prevent fraud. related to the pandemic.
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