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INDIANAPOLIS, July 18 (UPI) -- Five people have been accused of selling blood plasma at two Indianapolis collection centers despite knowing they were HIV-positive.
Marion County prosecutor Carl Brizzi said for $20 per collection, the suspects lied about being HIV-positive and put thousands at risk, the Indianapolis Star said Friday. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
"It was a combined motive of wanting money and hating the world," Brizzi said. "I believe these folks were angry."
The tainted plasma, sold during the past two years, was flagged by HIV tests, said Brizzi and officials at the Indiana State Department of Health. Such tests are routine at blood banks and plasma collection centers across the country. The five suspects face one felony count each and could be sentenced two to eight years in prison if convicted.
These were first such felony charges ever filed in Indianapolis and Marion County.
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