To make a perfect false test, Clément (the first name has been changed), a 34-year-old engineer, first dissected, line by line, the report of analyzes.
A rigor that his friends know him well.
An urgent burial in Corsica, late results… He warns: “I only help if it's necessary and if they have already had the Covid, it gives me a good conscience.
What is the application number here in bold, the initials there and those other numbers at the bottom of the document?
We had to understand everything, not to let anything go.
"The date of birth, must be changed, the third party payment, I do not touch, if the PDF is protected, must check the police ...", he explains before sending his counterfeit to friends, under a created email address for the occasion.
At the airport, screening will be delusional.
But from a specialist?
To find out, we asked François Blanchecotte, the president of the National Union of Biologists.
A perfect imitation in 3 minutes top time
Beforehand, I send my name, first name and date of birth to Clément, who gets to work.
4:47 p.m., good start.
He retrieves an old test he took in the lab and modifies it with my data.
Three minutes later, at 4:50 pm, I have already received the fake, crossed out in red "example of modification of a real PCR test, this document cannot be used".
“It's well done,” comments François Blanchecotte a few minutes later.
It is identical to the one we produce.
The president of biologists went so far as to show it to the director of the lab mentioned in the document.
"I asked him if all the details matched, he said:
yes, absolutely
," he reports.
This is exactly the type of copy they give out to patients.
"
Even he was duped.
With one exception, by typing my name into the system, he could see that I have never set foot in this lab in the Paris region ...
