Coronavirus fraud and counterfeit news:

In ongoing news about fake and substandard personal protection equipment:

• NPR wrote about fake U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) certificates that often accompany imported medical masks.
• 3M continues to shut down sellers of counterfeit N95 respirators. To date, it has filed 18 lawsuits and secured the removal of more than 7,000 websites selling fake 3M products and 10,000+ false or deceptive social media posts.

Federal authorities continue to stop fake coronavirus products:

• FDA warned four companies for selling supplements or non-FDA approved pharmaceuticals as COVID-19 treatments.
• The U.S. Attorney of the Eastern District of California indicted the CEO of Golden Sunrise Pharmaceutical Inc. of Porterville, California for allegedly selling herbal mixtures which he falsely claimed treated Covid-19.
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Mobile, Alabama intercepted more than $120K worth of mislabeled and unregistered disinfectant wipes.

The Illinois State Police warned residents about scammers pretending to be contact tracers.

The Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center reported that four Arizona residents have died and 26 have been hospitalized after ingesting hand sanitizer with methanol since May. Exposure to methanol can cause nausea, vomiting, headache, blurred vision, blindness, seizures, coma, permanent damage to the nervous system and death.

FDA—which has announced recalls for 67 methanol-based products, most of which were imported from Mexico—wants you to know the basic facts about hand sanitizers: Test your knowledge here.