A New York City man has been arrested for allegedly selling stolen test kits used to detect the coronavirus.

Henry S. Gindt II, 34, of Queens, is accused of advertising and selling stolen COVID-19 testing services for $135 to $200.

He is further accused of falsely claiming he was connected to labs that would test the kits, shipping test kits without prior medical screening, and providing no results to consumers.

On March 31, the Western Pennsylvania COVID-19 Task Force, which operates out of Pittsburgh, received a tip from a Western Pennsylvania resident who received an email from Gindt.

The tip and subsequent investigation by the United States Secret Service led to the arrest of Gindt.

The federal government charged Gindt on Monday with mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit mail-wire fraud.

According to charging documents, Gindt maintains several online profiles, including one at medium.com, where he identifies himself as a White House official and “founder of telemedicine and personalized nutrition, wellness and DNA genetics testing company YouHealth.me.”

A special agent with the United States Secret Service linked the test kits to a lab in Georgia.

The lab company told the agent that a former lab executive had been fired for the unauthorized selling of test kits and had taken 50 of the kits without authorization, according to the complaint.

The lab company told the agent someone from YouHealth emailed them to say that YouHealth purchased fifty test kits from the former lab executive for $7,500.00.

Each of the charges against Gindt carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

He was arrested on Thursday morning at his apartment in Queens by the Secret Service.

He made an initial appearance in U.S. Eastern District Court in New York City on Thursday and was released on a $50,000 secured bond.

He was represented by a federal public defender at that appearance.