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As the coronavirus pandemic surged across America, Keith Middlebrook turned to his thousands of social followers and announced he’d found a solution.
“Yes, I’ve created the cure that shuts down the Covid-19,” claimed the 53-year-old California actor in a YouTube video released in mid-March. He boasted of inventing a miracle treatment that “makes the cells from the coronavirus detach, release and die within 48 hours”, later offering anyone who invested $300,000 a guaranteed return of $30m.
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