Officials are shutting down illegitimate COVID-19 testing sites that have popped up in South Gate, Bell Gardens and the Southeast Los Angeles area.
LOS ANGELES -- Fraudulent COVID-19 testing sites have been popping up in South Gate, Bell Gardens and the Southeast Los Angeles area, according to local officials.
Officials are warning residents to not fall for them -- releasing photos of a few illegitimate sites that have now been shut down. "They are asking for cash, they are asking for social security number. They are asking for identity -- that really alarms us," said Councilmember Denise Diaz of South Gate.
This past weekend, South Gate shut down four fraudulent sites, according to Diaz. One of them was in the parking lot of the shopping center at Tweedy Boulevard and San Gabriel Avenue, where a CVS store is located."I never imagined this is all a fraud," said Cano."I came here to do a test. But, to this date, I haven't received my results."
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