Claim: A video with thousands of shares and more than 1.5 million views on Facebook claims to show FBI agents seizing masks infected with the novel coronavirus. The claim is false; the clip shows a raid on the home of a man in New York arrested for allegedly coughing on FBI agents while claiming to have COVID-19 and lying to them about hoarding and selling medical supplies.
Fact-check: This video shows FBI agents seizing masks from alleged price gouger
Verdict: this video shows fbi agents seizing medical supplies hoarded by a man in new york
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2020-04-24T17:40:00