Texas Chiropractor Faces Lawsuit After Selling Fake Coronavirus Cure

The United States federal government has filed a lawsuit against a Texas doctor for selling a fake coronavirus cure, capitalizing on the COVID-19 pandemic.

The government filed the fake COVID-19 cure lawsuit against Dr. Ray L. Nannis and his business Optimum Wellness Solutions.

Allegedly, the doctor peddles fake homeopathic coronavirus cures online, selling them for hundreds of dollars. However, the government’s lawsuit stresses that no coronavirus cure or vaccine is available yet.

Nannis maintains a treatment office in Texas, where he reportedly provides natural treatments including chiropractic and homeopathic care.

The coronavirus cure lawsuit claims that Nannis has taken to the internet to advertise that he has a homeopathic product that will help combat the coronavirus by preventing, mitigating, or treating the illness.

However, the government states that these claims are entirely false, and these advertisements are nothing but a money grab at the expense of the public. The fake COVID-19 cure lawsuit alleges that this scheme is ongoing, and is causing serious injury to the public.

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The fake coronavirus cure lawsuit starts by alleging that although Nannis is a licensed chiropractor in Texas, his other credentials are false. Allegedly, he is not a medical doctor, nor is he a licensed physician in Texas or any other states— and he does not have a medical degree.

Nonetheless, Nannis reportedly uses this fake credential to mislead potential customers into thinking that he has authority in medical treatments, including those for the coronavirus.

Explaining how the scheme was discovered, the government states thtat on March 30, 2020, Special Agent Gabriel Marchal, employed by the United States Secret Service, visited the “OptimumWellnessSolutions” Facebook page — the page for the business run by Nannis.

Marchal says that on the Facebook page, he found advertisements promoting the business’ in-person location. Additionally, the Facebook page reportedly touted homeopathic treatments as the coronavirus cure.

Citing one such post, the government says that a post on the Facebook page advertised a “Corona-19 Homeopathic Vaccine remedy” and stated that “Coronavirus-19 can be treated effectively with safe, non-toxic, sublingual Homeopathic and other natural remedies.” These posts claimed that these treatments are currently available through Optimum Wellness Solutions.

Another advertisement allegedly came in the form of a video post, in which Nannis stated that the homeopathic remedy could prevent a user from contracting COVID-19, or if the user did get sick, the remedy would make their care “very very very minimal.” According to Nannis, this treatment is “homeopathic” and is “the best protection” against COVID-19.

Marchal further investigated the claims made on the Facebook page, and on March 30, 2020, called the phone number associated with the Optimum Wellness Solutions Facebook page.

He was allegedly told by a worker at the business that Nannis would call him back, noting he did call him back later in the day.

Marchal says that during his phone call with Nannis, the chiropractor told him that he could not say that the homeopathic remedy cured COVID-19, because of FDA restrictions on these claims.

In the same call, Nannis reportedly stated that the treatment would provide 90 percent protection against the coronavirus or would minimize symptoms in a person who was infected.

During the call, Nannis allegedly offered to sell Marchal the treatment for $95 per dose, and ship it to him directly.

The fake coronavirus cure lawsuit asserts that these claims are fraudulent, and says that the scheme is ongoing, as of April 14, 2020.

The government asserts that Nannis and others involved in the scheme either know or “consciously avoid knowing” that there are no known cures or treatments for COVID-19. Unfortunately, customers are still allegedly visiting the Optimum Wellness Solutions location in Texas, indicating that the scheme is still in operation.

According to the government, the public is put at risk for harm because of the scheme, in the form of financial injury caused by purchasing a valueless product, and in the form of potential physical injury — as they may suffer potential exposure to the coronavirus by visiting the treatment center to purchase a useless treatment.

The government is represented by Andrew S. Robbins, Assistant United States Attorney; Kenneth G. Coffin, Assistant United States Attorney; and Erin Nealy Cox, the United States Attorney.

The Texas Fake Coronavirus Cure Lawsuit is United States of America v. Dr. Ray L. Nannis PC, et al., Case No. 3:20-cv-00940, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division.

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