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Reporting COVID-19 Fraud — U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida

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A U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida flyer urges the public to remain vigilant for coronavirus frauds, among them fake testing kits, treatments or cures; websites seeking donations for illegitimate or nonexistent COVID-19 charities; phishing emails from entities posing as the CDC or WHO; and websites claiming to provide stimulus funds when consumers input their bank information. It also lists fraudulent medical billing, threats to public officials advocating quarantines, robberies or assaults of patients departing medical facilities, hoarding or price-gouging, and threats to intentionally infect individuals with COVID-19. The flyer gives a hotline and an email address for reports, and it points readers to www.justice.gov/coronavirus; the office's Coronavirus Fraud Coordinator is Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Perry.

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2026-09-26
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          REPORTING
        COVID-19 FRAUD




                                                         U.S. Attorney’s Office
                                                         Middle District of Florida


The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle                To report suspected
District of Florida urges the public to remain
vigilant for coronavirus fraud:
                                                         coronavirus frauds:

      Anyone selling fake testing kits, treatments,
                                                               1-866-720-5721
•
      or cures for COVID-19
•     Websites seeking donations for illegitimate or
      nonexistent COVID-19 charities                           disaster@leo.gov
•     Phishing emails from entities posing as the
      CDC or WHO, which may contain malware
      Robocalls offering medical supplies with no
•
                                                         For more information, visit:
      intent to deliver
•     Websites claiming to provide stimulus funds
                                                         www.justice.gov/coronavirus
      when consumers input their bank information
•     Fraudulent medical billing for procedures
      related to COVID-19
•     Threats to public officials advocating
      quarantines
•     Robberies or assaults of patients departing
      medical facilities
•     Hoarding or price-gouging of necessary
      supplies
•     Threats to intentionally infect individuals with
      COVID-19

    MDFL’s Coronavirus Fraud Coordinator is Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Perry

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