Exclusive: California Company Under Scrutiny For 'At-Home' Coronavirus Test Claims

With government authorities warning an anxious public about scams related to the coronavirus, a California company is facing scrutiny by members of Congress and the city attorney of Los Angeles for selling COVID-19 test kits that it claimed can be used "in the home or at the bedside."

The Food and Drug Administration has stated unequivocally that it has not authorized "any test that is available to purchase for testing yourself at home for COVID-19." Yet at the end of March, Wellness Matrix Group, a company based in Huntington Beach, Calif., offered such a test at a cost of $49.95. "These tests," the company promised customers, "are legitimate and have been vetted and approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Association [sic]."

Several customers who ordered the tests now say they never received them and have tried to cancel their payments.