A California jury found a Chinese national guilty on all counts on May 6 for selling more than 1 million faulty COVID-19 tests and obtaining nearly $4 million from customers across the United States.
The verdict concluded a years-long investigation into Jia Bei Zhu’s scheme, which involved lying to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and importing faulty COVID-19 tests from China, the Department of Justice (DOJ) stated, but his alleged involvement in a suspected biolab in Las Vegas has yet to be resolved.
U.S. Attorney Eric Grant said in a statement that Zhu, who has multiple aliases and pleaded not guilty to the charges, put American lives at risk….
Chinese National Tied to Suspected Las Vegas Biolab Found Guilty of COVID Test Fraud

