FTC warns companies about phony coronavirus claims
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Randy Hutchinson
Randy Hutchinson is the President and CEO of the BBB of the Mid-South, serving 28 counties in Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas. He graduated from Western Maryland College and has an MBA from Wilmington College.
Famous, or infamous, people have peddled products they claimed could prevent or treat coronavirus.
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