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FBI agents arrested a Southern California man Wednesday on felony fraud charges of soliciting investments in a company he claims has a pill to prevent Covid-19 and an injection that can cure it; Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 53, of Westwood and/or Newport Beach and/or Murrieta faces up to 20 years in prison.

LOS ANGELES — FBI agents arrested a Southern California man Wednesday on felony fraud charges of soliciting investments in a company he claims has a pill to prevent Covid-19 and an injection that can cure it; Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 53, of Westwood and/or Newport Beach and/or Murrieta faces up to 20 years in prison.

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