(WHTM) — A Pennsylvania company and its founder were charged for allegedly fraudulently claiming their pesticide products were effective at killing the COVID-19 virus.

The United States District Attorney's Office announced that ViaClean Technologies, LLC and its founder, James Young, 46, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, were charged by indictment with conspiring to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, mail fraud, and violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”).

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An accomplice, Sean Storrie, 59, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was also charged with FIFRA violations.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, ViaClean Technologies and Young allegedly conspired with others to sell registered pestici

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