Complaint — No. 2:20-cr-00229 (Dkt. 1, C.D. Cal.)

Summary

An AO 91 criminal complaint against Keith Lawrence Middlebrook in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case 2:20-cr-00229-DSF, filed March 25, 2020 as Document 1, charging attempted wire fraud under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349 for conduct from March 13 through March 24, 2020. The attached affidavit of Madison MacDonald, a Special Agent with the FBI, alleges that Middlebrook solicited investors in Quantum Prevention CV Inc. while falsely claiming it had developed a patent-pending cure and a preventive pill for COVID-19. It describes Instagram and YouTube posts and texts in which, according to the affidavit, Middlebrook promised returns to investors and a commission on funds brought in. The complaint runs 25 pages and closes with an offering sheet for QP20 and QC20.

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