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Joseph Bella, a Buffalo actor, has been accused in federal charges of being a COVID scammer. On April 23, 2020, federal agents served a search warrant at Bella s home in Buffalo, according to Justice.gov. During the search, Special Agents and officers from Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Buffalo Police Department seized cocaine, marijuana, MDMA, other drug paraphernalia, a shotgun and ammo from the home.
According to WGRZ, it was during Bella s detention hearing that the COVID-19 scheme was outlined,
Assistant US Attorney Joseph Tripi described how Bella’s company Med-Cor allegedly bought COVID test processing materials and resold them as home testing kits. Tripi explaining the kits would be useless outside of a lab.