DALLAS (AP) - Federal prosecutors obtained a permanent injunction Friday against a Dallas-based wellness center that had been marketing a purported “ozone therapy” as a treatment for the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay issued the order Friday against the Purity Health and Wellness Center and one of its principals, Jean Juanita Allen, after both agreed to the court order, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox’s office in Dallas.
In a statement, Cox called the treatment “fraudulent” and “bogus.”
Messages to Purity and Allen seeking comment were not immediately returned.
Court documents say Allen told a caller posing as a potential customer that although ozone could be dangerous, Purity’s treatment was safe even for children, would sanitize anything and eradicate viral or bacterial infections.
It’s the latest business that authorities and watchdogs have warned against in guarding against surge of complaints about scams targeting people who fear they have COVID-19, the disease called by the coronavirus.
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