Missouri lawmaker indicted for allegedly selling fake stem cell COVID-19 treatments

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Source: Denver Channel 7

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Missouri lawmaker indicted for allegedly selling fake stem cell COVID-19 treatments

By: Alex Hider
Posted at 9:54 AM, Feb 03, 2021 and last updated 11:54 AM, Feb 03, 2021

A Missouri lawmaker has been charged in a 20-count federal indictment after she allegedly administered COVID-19 treatments that she falsely claimed included "regenerative" stem cells to patients at medical clinics she operates.

According to the Department of Justice, a grand jury has charged Patricia Ashton Derges, 63, with 20 counts that range from wire fraud to making false statements to violations of controlled substance laws.

In a press release by the Department of Justice, the federal government opened an investigation into Derges after she made a series of "false or misleading" statements regarding COVID-19 treatments on a Springfield, Missouri TV station last April.

NBC News reports that during those TV appearances, Derges claimed that stem cells could treat COVID-19. On her Facebook page, Derges claimed that her "amazing treatment stands to provide a potential cure for COVID-19 patients that is safe and natural." ... Derges, who is licensed only as an assistant physician in Missouri, allegedly distributed the "treatments" at three locations of the Ozark Valley Medical Clinic that she operates in central Missouri.

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A Missouri lawmaker has been charged in a 20-count federal indictment after she allegedly administered COVID-19 treatments that she falsely claimed included "regenerative" stem cells to patients at medical clinics she operates.

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[RKP5637]

1. Incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Atticus]

2. My assumption that she is a Republican was 100% correct. Just elected in November. nt

[Escurumbele]

3. Yes, but for some reason the news always fails to provide the party affiliation when its republican

Amazing, I also had to google it.

[Atticus]

5. Ain't that the truth? ---sigh--- If she'd have been Democrat, that would have been the

ALL CAPS lead!

[Lonestarblue]

6. My first thought also.

The Republican Party is home to charlatans, liars, insurrectionists, QAnon, violent terrorists, white supremacists, anti-government militias, neo-Nazis, Christo-Fascists—and I assume some good people.

[flying_wahini]

8. Couldn't agree more. LSB keep the list going....

[Warpy]

9. Hair like kapok, smile that doesn't reach her eyes

and a crook. Yeah, I made the same guess.

[Yeehah]

10. She ran UNOPPOSED.

Democrats in Missouri need to get in the game.

[marble falls]

4. This is cruel way to earn money. How does society effect change in someone like this.

[Yeehah]

11. I used to ask myself that a lot

I have come to accept there are simply a lot of evil people in the world.

The Great Republican Saint Ronald taught us, "greed is good." This is the natural outcome of his malignant teachings.

[marble falls]

12. She has to rate high on psychopathy.

[Rebl2]

7. Article in

The Kansas City Star about her today. I think this R was just elected in November. Real winner.