Keith Lawrence Middlebrook, 57, claimed to have developed a patent-pending cure and a treatment to prevent coronavirus infection, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

An Orange County part-time actor, Keith Middlebrook, was sentenced to 98 months in prison for promoting a fake COVID-19 cure and treatment, and for defrauding investors.

A 57-year-old Huntington Beach man was sentenced to 98 months in federal prison for soliciting investments in fake COVID-19 cures during the pandemic's early days. Keith

An Orange County man and part-time actor, was sentenced to 98 months in federal prison for soliciting investors in companies that marketed a bogus cure and trea

An attorney for Keith Middlebrook said they would appeal and called Magic Johnson, who testified during trial, "the biggest liar I've ever seen."

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 thought they were buying into a cure for COVID-19.