Sunscreen Test Lab Used Fewer Subjects Than Reported, US Prosecutors Allege

Owner of AMA Labs, which also tests cosmetics, arrested on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy following release of an indictment in New York federal court. Letzia pleaded not guilty but four AMA Labs employees arrested on similar charges pleaded guilty in May.

A New York firm that bills itself as "the premier sunscreen testing laboratory" falsified results for 30 years by testing products on fewer subjects than it reported, federal prosecutors allege.

Gabriel Letzia Jr., the owner and executive director of AMA Laboratories Inc., which also tests cosmetics, was arrested on 9...

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