今日美国：FBI上周六突袭了新冠检测中心实验室总部

FBI searches Center for COVID Control headquarters amid probes into multimillion-dollar testing business

CHICAGO — The FBI on Saturday searched the headquarters of a nationwide string of coronavirus testing sites known as the Center for COVID Control.

The company and its main lab, which has been reimbursed more than $124 million from the federal government for coronavirus testing, are under investigation by state and federal officials. The company and lab are registered at the same address in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.

"The FBI was conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity in Rolling Meadows yesterday," Siobhan Johnson, a spokesperson for the FBI's Chicago office, told USA TODAY Sunday.

A Center for COVID Control spokesperson said Monday that the company "has been in communication with a number of regulatory and law enforcement agencies regarding the company’s operations" for the "past several weeks."

On Saturday, "federal law enforcement agents executed a search warrant at the company’s main office as part of what appears to be a similar investigation," the spokesperson said in a statement.

The company intends to "fully cooperate with all government inquiries, and remains committed to providing the best service possible to our patients," according to the statement.

Asked about the law enforcement activity, Annie Thompson, a spokesperson for the Illinois Attorney General's Office, said the attorney general "is absolutely committed to protecting residents from those who attempt to profit off of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic."

"We are working with the FBI and other law enforcement partners and will not comment on ongoing investigations as we work to hold accountable individuals who engage in unlawful conduct," Thompson said.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/01/23/center-covid-control-office-searched-fbi/6600802001/