“Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla arrested by the FBI and charged with fraud on 05 November 2021”
What FACTLY found
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was not arrested by the FBI on 05 November 2021. In fact, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla made a couple of television appearances on 05 November 2021, the very same day he was claimed to have been arrested. According to Snopes, the website which claimed that the CEO was arrested, “publishes a mix of news commentary and conspiratorial hoaxes”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 November 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 8 November 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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