Complaint — No. 2:20-mj-01341 (Dkt. 1, C.D. Cal.)

Summary

A criminal complaint (AO 91) filed March 25, 2020 as Document 1 in United States v. Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, No. 2:20-mj-01341-DUTY, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, charging attempted wire fraud under 18 U.S.C.§ 1349 from March 13 through March 24, 2020 in Los Angeles County. The affidavit of Madison MacDonald, a Special Agent with the FBI, alleges that Middlebrook solicited investors in Quantum Prevention CV Inc., a company the affidavit calls nonexistent, while falsely claiming a patent-pending injectable cure for COVID-19 and a pill that prevents infection. It quotes Instagram and YouTube posts and text messages promising ground-level investors large returns and stock. The affidavit states that potential investors were given wiring instructions for Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase accounts in Los Angeles.

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