Attorney General sues company behind 'sham testing centers'
OLYMPIA — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing a questionable COVID-19 testing company that ran locations in Everett, Lynnwood and across the country.
Filed Monday in King County Superior Court, the lawsuit alleges that the Center for COVID Control and the Illinois husband-wife duo behind it provided invalid, false and delayed results — or sometimes no results at all — while billing the federal government over $124 million.
“The company’s unlawful practices included storing tests in garbage bags for over a week rather than properly refrigerating them, and backdating sample collection dates so that stale samples would still be processed,” a news release from the Attorney General’s Office said.
It’s the latest news in a saga surrounding the Center for COVID Control, whose Everett location proved popular as locals rushed to get tested amid a huge surge in infections. In mid-January, it was revealed the site, along with several across Western Washington, was operating without a business license.
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