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Covid-19: six people indicted, including two imprisoned, for trafficking false vaccination certificates

2021-07-16T19:22:42.759Z


Six people were indicted, including two incarcerated, in an investigation into the trafficking of false vaccination certificates against Covid-19, has ...


Six people were indicted, including two incarcerated, in an investigation into the trafficking of false vaccination certificates against Covid-19, AFP learned on Friday July 16 from judicial sources close to the case, confirming information from the

World

.

Read also: Covid-19: diving into the world of vaccination fraud

Three suspects were indicted for "

attacks on an automated data processing system in an organized gang, administrative falsehood and possession of a forgery, aggravated money laundering and criminal association

" in a

criminal

investigation opened on Wednesday July 14 by the cybercrime section of the Paris prosecutor's office, said the judicial source.

Two other individuals are being prosecuted for “

use of administrative forgery and possession of a forgery

”, while a sixth person has been indicted for “

aggravated money laundering and criminal association

”.

False vaccination certificates sold "

between 350 and 500 euros

"

Two suspects were placed in pre-trial detention, in accordance with the prosecution's requisitions, according to the same source. According to a source close to the file, it is an employee of a vaccination center in the Lyon suburbs and the holder of a Snapchat account called "

incredible doctor

", where false certificates were offered. The other protagonists were placed under judicial control, according to the judicial source. According to her, the suspects (sellers of fake vaccination certificates, their accomplices and two buyers) were arrested on Monday July 12 and Tuesday July 13, then placed in police custody.

The investigation, which began during a surveillance of the police officers of the Parisian judicial police's cybercrime brigade (BL2C) on the social network Snapchat, identified 400 unvaccinated people who obtained false vaccination certificates through this team.

Read also: Is it possible to make vaccination compulsory for the most vulnerable people?

The certificates were made by the employee of a vaccination center with all the necessary supporting documents during vaccination slots reserved but not honored and signed by a doctor, said the source close to the file. The false certificates were then "

exchanged from hand to hand, mainly in the Paris suburbs

" at "

a price of between 350 and 500 euros,

" said this source. During the searches, the police discovered 25,000 euros, she added.

Source: lefigaro

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