He called the cure "QC20," and the treatment "QP20." Middlebrook solicited potential investors in California, Nevada, New York, Texas, and Colorado through text messages, videos and statements ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — A part-time actor from Orange County who claims to be the inspiration for HBO’s “Ballers” was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for swindling investors who ...

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He called the cure “QC20,” and the treatment “QP20.” Middlebrook solicited potential investors in California, Nevada, New York, Texas, and Colorado through text messages, videos and ...

In March 2020, he solicited investors in California, Nevada, New York, Texas, and Colorado through text messages, videos, and social media posts, promoting a supposed cure called "QC20" and a ...

Middlebrook’s so-called cure was called “QC20,” and he had also marketed a purported COVID treatment, which he called “QP20,” the release stated. He claimed to have personally developed a ...

Middlebrook’s so-called cure was called “QC20,” and he had also marketed a purported COVID treatment, which he called “QP20,” the release stated. He claimed to have personally developed ...

The cure, dubbed QC20, and a treatment called QP20 were both frauds, officials added. “These fraudulent claims included miraculous results from the prevention product and the cure, risk-free and ...

In March 2020, Middlebrook solicited potential investors across multiple states via text messages, videos, and social media posts, falsely claiming to have developed a “patent-pending” cure called ...