Washington AG sues Center for COVID Control following FBI raid
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A COVID-19 testing company that claimed to run more than 300 pop-up locations across the U.S. is under investigation by state and federal agencies for allegedly delivering inaccurate and even falsified test results.
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday filed another lawsuit against the Illinois-based Center for COVID Control, calling it a "sham" testing center and accusing it of improperly handling tests and providing fake, or no test results at all.
Filed in King County Superior Court, the lawsuit alleges the testing outfit, founded in 2020 by married couple Akbar Syed and Aleya Siyaj, "failed to deliver prompt, valid and accurate results" to customers. Employees were also instructed to "lie to patients on a daily basis," Ferguson said in a statement.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.