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Attorney General, FBI cracking down on fake vaccine card sales
WTNH ^ | 4/6/21 | Bob Wilson, Ken Houston

Posted on 04/06/2021 7:48:22 AM PDT by Puppage

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Fake vaccination cards, you wouldn’t think that’s really a big deal. However, the Attorney General and now the FBI is involved, and they say it is spreading rapidly across the Internet.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: fbi; vaccinecard
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To: Puppage

Is there a law against it?


21 posted on 04/06/2021 8:14:04 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Puppage

But they couldn’t find an Antifasshoel nor a fake ballot to save your life.


22 posted on 04/06/2021 8:14:33 AM PDT by Kevmo (The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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To: a fool in paradise

See above. 18 USC 1017.


23 posted on 04/06/2021 8:23:19 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: Puppage
Attorney General, FBI cracking down on fake vaccine card sales

Funny, ... I originally read it as:

Gestapo and SS cracking down on Resistance sources of fake papers.

I guess I need glasses.

24 posted on 04/06/2021 8:25:17 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

Conspiracy monger!
( sarc)


25 posted on 04/06/2021 8:25:23 AM PDT by silverleaf (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: Puppage

” We’re jes’ gonn’a haf’ta’ plant chips in their heads, chief “


26 posted on 04/06/2021 8:33:41 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true !)
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To: Puppage

Uhh, yeah. Of course, any requirement will incent fraud. Been that way since humans started writing/scribbling on tablets of clay.
Only a complete bozo/Baizuo would not think of that.
And, with the US FBI involved absolutely nothing meaningful will be accomplished. Such is the state of affairs.


27 posted on 04/06/2021 8:34:34 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: faithhopecharity

The one I have could be done very well by a sharp high school student.


28 posted on 04/06/2021 8:36:41 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: Leep

They have the victim pass.


29 posted on 04/06/2021 8:37:39 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: TexasGurl24

I haven’t seen a real vaccination card yet, but I really doubt that each one has an official seal affixed to it, or impressed on it. The blank .pdf version that has been posted on other threads appears to have the CDC logo printed on it, which is not the same thing in my opinion.

If I were to make a fake vaccination card (which of course I would never, ever do), I would use Photoshop or something to alter the logo very slightly.


30 posted on 04/06/2021 8:38:21 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Yogafist
It doesn’t appear any laws are being violated, so why is the FBI involved?

The FBI is not a law enforcement agency anymore. It's the secret police and they investigate whatever they want and make criminals out of anyone they want to for reasons they make up as needed.

31 posted on 04/06/2021 8:39:09 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: Puppage
I might just purchase one. I'm not planning on getting the vaccine anytime in the near future, not after Hank Aaron died two weeks after he got the shot.

And he wasn't the only one.

32 posted on 04/06/2021 8:39:40 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Puppage

Bkmrk


33 posted on 04/06/2021 8:43:33 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

I haven’t researched this in depth to determine what constitutes a “seal” under the code. There are only a few cases in the annotation to 18 USC 1017.

Viewed in light most favorable to jury verdict, there was sufficient evidence on all of elements of crimes to support defendant’s convictions: (1) jury heard myriad witnesses and viewed numerous emails detailing scheme, theory behind scheme, and scope of fraud and connections between defendants acting in concert; (2) jury heard that defendant created copy of Department of State seal to place on cards and continually modified seal and cards to make them look more legitimate; (3) though defendant received notice that wrongfully obtaining apostille and misusing seal was illegal, he continued to market and sell cards; and finally, (4) there was evidence that defendant drafted documents to explain to potential customers why it was legal for him to use Department of State seal on cards. United States v. Goodyke, 639 F.3d 869, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 8452 (8th Cir. 2011), cert. denied, 565 U.S. 1172, 132 S. Ct. 1129, 181 L. Ed. 2d 1006, 2012 U.S. LEXIS 625 (2012).

In convictions of mail fraud, wire fraud, misuse of government seal, and conspiring to commit these offenses based on sale of certain mortgage modification forms that contained only minor alteration of free government mortgage modification form, jury instructions for misuse of government seal charge were proper because they made clear that, in order to convict, jury needed to find that defendants knew that seal had been fraudulently affixed to document, and jurors could not logically make such finding unless they also concluded that seal was indeed fraudulently affixed. United States v. Godfrey, 787 F.3d 72, 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 8625 (1st Cir. 2015).


34 posted on 04/06/2021 8:48:27 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: Puppage

Any individual with a lick of common sense should be asking, why the major push for everyone to get vaccinated? I even saw where they are now saying you should be vaccinated even if you already had covid.

This is MADNESS!


35 posted on 04/06/2021 8:48:58 AM PDT by walkingdead (We are sacrificing American youth's future on the altar of our own fear. And it is a travesty.)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Here is what the cards look like:

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/here-are-a-few-ways-to-keep-your-covid-19-vaccination-card-safe/


36 posted on 04/06/2021 8:49:53 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: Puppage

If you are going to print vaccine cards in the first place what do you expect?


37 posted on 04/06/2021 8:51:31 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: TexasGurl24

That looks the same as the blank version I’ve seen.


38 posted on 04/06/2021 8:53:02 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: walkingdead

I’ve heard it said that a truly good idea doesn’t have to be pushed.


39 posted on 04/06/2021 8:54:01 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

You are 100% correct.


40 posted on 04/06/2021 8:55:07 AM PDT by walkingdead (We are sacrificing American youth's future on the altar of our own fear. And it is a travesty.)
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