Jorge Barrera

I don't know. You guys never get snow. Freaking tropics down here. It's late March 2024, a couple months after Kyle's guilty plea. Rachel and I are parked with a good view of the back door to the Acumetrix lab. Harvey doesn't know we're here, so our hope is to catch him off guard a little, get him to answer our questions on the record.

I don't know. You guys never get snow. Freaking tropics down here. It's late March 2024, a couple months after Kyle's guilty plea. Rachel and I are parked with a good view of the back door to the Acumetrix lab. Harvey doesn't know we're here, so our hope is to catch him off guard a little, get him to answer our questions on the record.

We wait a bit, and then he emerges. Harvey's 91 now and walking with a bit of a stoop shuffle through the falling snow. Dr. Harvey Tenenbaum, hey. How are you? I'm Jorge Barrera. I'm a journalist with CBC. How are you, sir?

We wait a bit, and then he emerges. Harvey's 91 now and walking with a bit of a stoop shuffle through the falling snow. Dr. Harvey Tenenbaum, hey. How are you? I'm Jorge Barrera. I'm a journalist with CBC. How are you, sir?

And the reason I just want a moment of your time, because we've talked to like dozens of people whose lives have been upended by your laboratory's prenatal paternity tests. Well, you know, you do...

And the reason I just want a moment of your time, because we've talked to like dozens of people whose lives have been upended by your laboratory's prenatal paternity tests. Well, you know, you do...

Give me a call tomorrow. Why don't we go in and talk about this? I can't talk to you right now. Because I know that you knew these tests were flawed, but you still kept selling them.

Give me a call tomorrow. Why don't we go in and talk about this? I can't talk to you right now. Because I know that you knew these tests were flawed, but you still kept selling them.

The tests are perfect, he says. Accurate. It's the fault of the customers. It's the cross-contamination. Harvey's now just a few feet from his Mercedes. I'm walking sideways and backwards, trying not to block his path between a wooden fence and his car. Harvey told Rachel and Hidden Camera they'd stop offering the prenatal paternity test because the test was, quote, not that accurate.

The tests are perfect, he says. Accurate. It's the fault of the customers. It's the cross-contamination. Harvey's now just a few feet from his Mercedes. I'm walking sideways and backwards, trying not to block his path between a wooden fence and his car. Harvey told Rachel and Hidden Camera they'd stop offering the prenatal paternity test because the test was, quote, not that accurate.

Well, do you still do prenatal paternity tests? No. When did you stop doing that? Years ago. Like how? When? Because we have evidence from 2020, 2021.

Well, do you still do prenatal paternity tests? No. When did you stop doing that? Years ago. Like how? When? Because we have evidence from 2020, 2021.

Yeah? And why did you stop them? Couldn't get the reagents at the right price. I don't know if you caught that word, reagents. It's a substance used in DNA testing to trigger a chemical reaction. So he's telling me that the company didn't pull the test because they got the results wrong, but because they got too expensive to run. We haven't heard that one before.

Yeah? And why did you stop them? Couldn't get the reagents at the right price. I don't know if you caught that word, reagents. It's a substance used in DNA testing to trigger a chemical reaction. So he's telling me that the company didn't pull the test because they got the results wrong, but because they got too expensive to run. We haven't heard that one before.

I keep prodding for answers as Harvey gets into the driver's seat of his car. There's dozens of lives that have been upended by these tests. They believed in you. They believed what you said, that your tests were ironclad. But you have to call me tomorrow. Excuse me. Okay, so we can come in and we can sit down and talk. You call me, don't come in until you call. Okay. All right.

I keep prodding for answers as Harvey gets into the driver's seat of his car. There's dozens of lives that have been upended by these tests. They believed in you. They believed what you said, that your tests were ironclad. But you have to call me tomorrow. Excuse me. Okay, so we can come in and we can sit down and talk. You call me, don't come in until you call. Okay. All right.

Harvey's windows are completely covered with snow. He backs up and smacks his vehicle into the wooden fence, flashes the wipers and drives off. Uh-huh. Calling BioGuard Acumetrix. So we take Harvey at his word and call Acumetrix the next day.

Harvey's windows are completely covered with snow. He backs up and smacks his vehicle into the wooden fence, flashes the wipers and drives off. Uh-huh. Calling BioGuard Acumetrix. So we take Harvey at his word and call Acumetrix the next day.

Good morning. Dr. Harvey Tenenbaum, please.

Good morning. Dr. Harvey Tenenbaum, please.