After a three-year manhunt, police have finally arrested a man who was allegedly selling a fake cure for COVID-19, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah.
Gordon Hunter Pedersen, 63, of Cedar Hills, Utah, is the man at the center of the scandal.
According to federal authorities, Pedersen was allegedly in numerous videos on Youtube, before any COVID-19 vaccines were approved, selling a “structural alkaline silver” that could fight the virus.
According to the release, Pedersen was claiming his product was a cure for COVID-19, as it “resonates, or vibrates, at a frequency that destroys the membrane of the virus, making the virus incapable of attaching to any healthy cell, or to infect you in any way.”
The release said that Pedersen was selling his products for up to $299.95 a gallon on MyDoctorSuggests.com, Amazon, and Shopify.
In total, from January 2020 to April 2020, Pedersen’s company saw a 400% jump in revenue, which equated to nearly $2 million, the court documents say.
Pederson has also been accused of claiming he had a Ph.D. in immunology and naturopathic medicine and that he was a board-certified “anti-aging medical doctor.”
Court documents show that a search warrant was executed at Pedersen’s home in late April 2020 and he was interviewed by federal agents.
On July 23, 2020, a federal grand jury indicted Pedersen on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, and felony introduction of misbranded drugs into interstate commerce with intent to defraud and mislead.
Pedersen, despite being indicted, did not appear in federal court, resulting in a warrant being issued for his arrest on Aug. 25, 2020.
After evading police for three years, a special agent saw him at his known address on July 5. He was then seen at a nearby gas station, using cash to pay for fuel and a beverage.
Pedersen will now appear at a detention hearing Tuesday afternoon at the U.S. District Courthouse in downtown Salt Lake City.
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