DOJ seeks to shut down website selling ‘bogus’ coronavirus vaccine

By Jerry Dunleavy

Published March 22, 2020 11:11pm ET

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DOJ seeks to shut down website selling ‘bogus’ coronavirus vaccine — President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr arrive for a Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor presentation ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. | (Andrew Harnik/AP)

The Justice Department said it has begun to crack down on fraud related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Robert Pitman, a federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, issued a temporary restraining order against a website selling nonexistent fake World Health Organization “vaccine kits” after the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Texas made a request, according to a DOJ press release on Sunday.

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