Part-Time Actor From Orange County Guilty of Peddling Fake COVID Cure to Potential Investors

A boy receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at Los Angeles Mission College on Jan. 19, 2022. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

A part-time actor from Huntington Beach was found guilty May 10 of soliciting investments from a number of companies for a fake COVID-19 cure, the United States Attorney’s Office announced May 10.

A jury found Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 56, guilty of 11 counts of wire fraud, according to the statement.