Medical Spa Owner Charged with Fraud for Alleged COVID-19 Cure Claims

A physician who runs a Carmel Valley beauty treatments center was charged Thursday with mail fraud in connection with the sale of what he allegedly described as a coronavirus cure that could render people immune to the virus for at least six weeks.Jennings Ryan Staley, 44, operates Skinny Beach Med Spa, which late last month began sending emails advertising “COVID-19 treatment packs,” described as a “concierge medicine experience” priced at $3,995 for a family of four, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego.Read more at the Times of San Diego >>