A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to charges of fraud after selling $2.7 million worth of pesticides claiming to be registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and as being effective against COVID-19.
Paul Andrecola, 63, of Maple Shade, New Jersey, has been charged with “one count of knowingly distributing or selling an unregistered pesticide in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), one count of wire fraud, and one count of presenting false claims to the United States,” according to the Justice Department.
Associated with three companies based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, Andrecola manufactured various disinfectant products, including liquids and wipes, under the brand name GCLEAN.
FIFRA regulates the use and distribution of pesticides sold within the country and ensures the veracity of information printed on product labels, while the EPA is responsible for regulating the manufacture and distribution of pesticides transported in interstate commerce.
Under FIFRA, the EPA must approve and register a pesticide’s claim that it can eliminate a pathogen, like COVID-19. When the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus spread across the globe, the EPA created a list of pesticides registered to be effective against the virus—List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2.
GCLEAN products were not registered under FIFRA, and its products were not in the List N. Andrecola used another company’s EPA registration numbers on GCLEAN...
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