Pharma CEO Accused of Selling Herbal Mixes as Covid-19 Treatment

July 14, 2020, 7:50 PM UTC

The chief executive officer of Golden Sunrise Pharmaceutical Inc. and Golden Sunrise Nutraceutical Inc. was arrested Tuesday after being charged with selling a pack of herbal mixtures that were marketed as a treatment for Covid-19, federal prosecutors announced today.

Huu Tieu, of Porterville, Calif., was arrested pursuant to a five-count indictment charging him with mail fraud and introducing a misbranded drug into interstate commerce with the intent to defraud. His companies sold Emergency D-Virus Plan of Care, about which he made numerous false statements, according to the indictment.

Among the allegedly false claims was that ImmunStem, a mixture within the ...

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