Crime

FTC’s sending checks totaling more than $40,700 to 578 consumers who purchased deceptively marketed treatment plans from Golden Sunrise between July 2017 and July 2020. Company owner and chief medical officer both pleaded guilty to criminal charges.

The CytoDyn board of directors fired Nader Pourhassan in early 2022 as the company faced US FDA scrutiny over his comments about HIV and COVID-19 candidate leronlimab and as investors sued the firm.

“Company employee diverted legitimate packaging and customer information to distribute counterfeit, adulterated product,” says Green Lumber. It’s “working cooperatively with FDA and law enforcement to address this matter.”