A Cedar Hills, Utah, guy who falsely claimed to be a health care provider and used to be indicted in 2020 for crimes related to the promoting of an unproven answer that would save you and deal with coronavirus, is in the back of bars after a three-year fugitive hunt.
U.S. Lawyer Trina A. Higgins of the District of Utah introduced on Monday that 63-year-old Gordon Hunter Pederson have been taken into custody after he used to be noticed by way of federal brokers carrying out surveillance on July 5, 2023.
Pedersen used to be sought after after failing to look in federal courtroom on Aug. 25, 2020 for an indictment charging him with mail fraud, cord fraud and criminal advent of misbranded medicine into interstate trade with intent to defraud and deceive.
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Gordon Pedersen is accused of promoting an unproven remedy for coronavirus earlier than vaccines had been authorized. (U.S. Legal professionals Administrative center – YouTube.com Public File)
Court docket paperwork allege that earlier than authorized COVID-19 vaccines had been to be had, Pedersen used to be the use of the web to promote a “structural alkaline silver” product he claimed “resonates, or vibrates, at a frequency that destroys the membrane of the virus, making the virus incapable of attaching to any wholesome mobile, or to contaminate you in any respect.”
Higgins stated the suspect additionally falsely claimed on YouTube movies to be a board qualified “Anti-Growing old Scientific Physician,” whilst additionally falsely claiming to have PhDs in immunology and naturopathic medication.
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Physician Gordon Pedersen (Fb)
An organization Pedersen prior to now owned, My Physician Suggests LLC, used to be speculated to have operated with out registering with the Meals and Drug Management.
The corporate agreed to plead responsible to at least one rely of prison data associated with its false and deceptive advertising and marketing of ingestible silver merchandise to regard COVID-19.
Along side the responsible plea, the corporate severed ties with Pedersen and agreed to company in his prosecution, the U.S. Lawyer’s Administrative center stated on the time of the settlement.
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Pedersen is predicted to make his preliminary look at the indictment on Tuesday. With the indictment look, Pedersen could also be scheduled to have a detention listening to. Each hearings will happen on the Orrin G. Hatch U.S. District Courthouse in Salt Lake Town.
