BRIDGEWATER — An Illinois company marketed and sold fake hand sanitizer to the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District, among other schools, according to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's office.
Now, Healey is suing them for triple damages and other costs.
The attorney general's complaint, which was filed in late November in Suffolk Superior Court, alleges that School Health Corporation violated the Massachusetts False Claims Act when it misled school districts into purchasing more than $100,000 worth of a product called Theraworx Protect between March and July 2020.
School Health Corporation claimed that the product was an effective alternative to prevent the spread of COVID-19 when, in fact, it did not contain any of the key ingredients in hand sanitizer, the attorney general's office said.
“This company exploited fears around a growing public health crisis in order to profit by selling a bogus hand sanitizer to schools looking to stop the spread,” Healey said in a written statement.
“We are suing to hold this company accountable for these illegal actions that put the health of our children, teachers, and staff at risk.”
The Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District did not respond to repeated attempts to contact its leaders for comment on this story.
According to documents and emails obtained during the attorney general's investigation, both customers and employees of School Health Corporation questioned the company’s statements about Theraworx...
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