Prosecutors allege that Jia Bei Zhu and Zhaoyan Wang sold misbranded COVID-19 test kits, falsely claiming they were manufactured in the U.S. to defraud customers.
The grand jury's new indictment includes charges of conspiracy and wire fraud, adding to previous counts related to the illegal operations linked to their lab.
The defendants reportedly misled buyers from August 2020 to March 2023 by importing hundreds of thousands of test kits from a controlled Chinese company.
Evidence suggests that a clandestine lab in Reedley was used to store dangerous materials, raising serious health and safety concerns surrounding their operations.
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