Chuck Schumer calls for federal crackdown on fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, which are being sold online for up to $200

AP via Business Insider via Yahoo ^ | 8/15/21 | Zahra Tayeb

[Libloather]

Chuck Schumer said federal law enforcement officials need to crack down on fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, which are being sold online.

Schumer's announcement Sunday comes after AP previously reported how people are cheating the system and, worrying officials at colleges and universities across the country that are requiring proof students received the vaccine to attend in-person classes.

A user on the encrypted messaging app Telegram offered what they described as "COVID-19 Vaccine Cards Certificates," for as much as $200 each, the report said.

Schumer is demanding US Customs and Border Protection and the FBI team up with officials from the Department of Health and Human Services to launch a crackdown on the counterfeit cards and start a campaign to make clear that forging the cards could land people in federal prison.

He also wants the Justice Department to immediately prioritize cases involving fake vaccine cards and is pushing for Customs and Border Protection to work harder to find counterfeit cards being sent from overseas.

Federal agents have already seized thousands of fake vaccine cards this year. Customs and Border Protection officers working in Memphis seized another shipment earlier this week - sent from Shenzhen, China, - that contained dozens of fake cards, officials said.

Border agents knew immediately that the cards were fake, the agency said, because the cards were laden with typos, unfinished words, and incorrect or misspelled Spanish words on the backs of the cards.

[Pollard]

and incorrect or misspelled Spanish words on the backs of the cards.

There's supposed to be printing on the back side? Never seen that on the pdf images of cards that are floating around on the web.

[JD_UTDallas]

No the can’t jail every one that is true but they can slam a felony conviction on each and every one. Given how this government is going after every 1/6 person with a vengeance do you think they won’t take every single person they catch with fake documents to the wringer. Jail isn’t the point although they will make some very public examples. The point is a Federal felony conviction even with out jail time is the goal. Why? Because with a Fed felony on record one cannot vote in Fed electrons ever again, one cannot posses, handle or use a firearm again for life. With a felony most state government jobs and nearly every Federal government job is off limits for felony conviction people. Every job application asks about it and background checks for it so do most rental property. A Federal felony is a black list for life THAT is the goal and they will absolutely try to.convict every single person they catch with fake documents it’s part of the civil war it formerly known as lawfare.

[dfwgator]

COVID is a dress-rehearsal for what’s coming down the road. They are just using COVID to work out the kinks in the system.

[minnesota_bound]

I have a printer and can laminate the ‘vaccination card’.
Looks like the real thing. I just flash it at the grocery store and I breeze in while they tackle the non believer who has no card.