Man Guilty Of COVID Hoax Threats

A court convicted a Texas man of perpetrating a COVID hoax in the San Antonio area. Prosecutors say 40-year-old Christopher Charles Perez posted a false claim on Facebook that he paid someone infected with COVID-19 to lick items at grocery stores in the San Antonio area to scare people away from the businesses. They sentenced him to 15 months in federal prison and a $1,000 fine.