February 10, 2022 - OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today sent a letter to Center for Covid Control (CCC) requesting that it provide information substantiating representations
and claims CCC has made to potential California customers about its COVID-19 testing services. CCC is an Illinois-based company that, until recently, had its name associated with nearly 300 COVID-19 testing centers nationwide. Today’s letter is part of an investigation into complaints that CCC’s customers did not receive test results within the advertised timeframes, if at all, as well as concerns about the accuracy of the test results given and the collection of protected health information for services that were never provided.
COVID electron micrograph - Credit: NIH
“Today’s letter to Center for Covid Control serves as a warning to all other COVID-19 testing sites operating in the state of California. If you are operating a testing site that is making false claims, failing to provide promised test results, or stealing people’s information, we will hold you accountable,” said Attorney General Bonta. “My office is responsible for keeping individuals safe from false or misleading business practices, and we are committed to doing just that. I encourage anyone who believes they have been scammed by a COVID-19 testing site to report it to my office at oag.ca.gov/report.”
CCC and its affiliated entities have represented themselves as trustworthy operators of COVID-19 testing sites working...
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