Part-Time Orange County Actor Gets Prison Time For Bogus COVID Cure

KCAL News, CBS Los Angeles

January 7, 2025

A Huntington Beach part-time actor was sentenced Monday to eight years in federal prison for soliciting investors in companies that marketed fake cures and treatments for COVID-19, prosecutors said.

Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 57, claimed to have developed a patent-pending cure and a treatment to prevent coronavirus infection, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. He called the cure "QC20," and the treatment "QP20."

Middlebrook solicited potential investors in California, Nevada, New York, Texas, and Colorado through text messages, videos and statements posted on YouTube and Instagram about this so-called cure for COVID-19.

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