Man accused of selling fake COVID cure arrested after 3-year manhunt
The suspect also falsely claimed to be a board-certified "anti-aging medical doctor" with a degree in immunology and naturopathic medicine.
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The suspect also falsely claimed to be a board-certified "anti-aging medical doctor" with a degree in immunology and naturopathic medicine.
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Authorities allege Gordon Hunter Pedersen of Utah uploaded YouTube videos selling 'structural alkaline silver' as a preventive remedy for COVID-19.
Authorities allege Gordon Hunter Pedersen of Utah uploaded YouTube videos selling ‘structural alkaline silver’ as a preventive remedy for COVID-19.
Chris Rogers/Getty Images(SALT LAKE CITY) -- After a three-year manhunt, a Utah man has been arrested on charges of allegedly selling a fake COVID-19 cure, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Utah announced Monday. Gordon Hunter Pedersen, 63, of Cedar Hills -- 30 miles south of Salt Lake City -- allegedly appeared in multiple YouTube videos before COVID-19 vaccines were approved, selling "structural alkaline silver." He allegedly claimed the product was a cure for the virus because it "resonates, or vibrates, at a frequency that destroys the membrane of the virus, ma...