La Mesa company to pay nearly $1M for labeling another company's product as their own COVID killer

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A La Mesa-based sanitation company and its owners have been sentenced for selling a product with false claims that it could eradicate viruses, including the one that causes COVID-19.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Integral Hygienic Solutions, Inc. — doing business as TruClean — claimed its TruClean 365 product could eliminate the virus that causes COVID-19, as well as other viruses and bacteria, for one year when applied on surfaces.

In a plea agreement, the defendants admitted selling more than $800,000 worth of the products, which by law should have been registered as pesticides by the EPA, but weren't.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.

 

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