EDMONDS, Wash. (AP) — Two fraudulent COVID-19 testing sites appeared in downtown Edmonds this week and local police are warning people to be alert.
Edmonds police reported one phony testing site was in front of a Starbucks and the other was near the ferry terminal on Tuesday. Those sites have since been removed.
Police have not cited or arrested anyone as of Wednesday afternoon and are continuing to investigate.
The fake testing sites were set up with a folding table and medical-appearing paraphernalia resembling that used for COVID-19 tests. But fraudulent health care workers instructed people to provide their names, birthdays and other personal information.
Police say it was concerned citizens that alerted law enforcement.