DNA lab in Toronto knowingly sold prenatal paternity test results that misidentified fathers

DNA lab knew its paternity tests identified the wrong dads — but kept selling them: report

Harvey Tenenbaum, the owner of Toronto-based Viaguard Accu-Metrics, admitted that the at-home tests it was selling for nearly a decade were “never that accurate” when speaking to an undercover CBC producer, the news station reports.

The Toronto-based company Viaguard Accu-Metrics sold these DNA tests online from 2014 to 2020, according to CBC, and many mothers complain of incorrect results.

DNA lab in Toronto knowingly sold prenatal paternity test results that misidentified fathers

A DNA laboratory in Toronto knowingly delivered prenatal paternity test results that routinely identified the wrong biological fathers — ruling out the real dads — and left a trail of shattered lives around the globe, a CBC News investigation has found.