Trafficking in false vaccine certificates was dismantled this weekend in the Paris region.
According to the information provided to France Bleu by the Bobigny prosecutor's office, a man was arrested on Friday in Bagnolet, while he was exhibiting suspicious behavior when approaching the BAC.
The police then discovered about forty vaccine certificates against Covid-19 on him, as well as several thousand euros.
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The investigation was entrusted to the Territorial Security of Seine-Saint-Denis, which interviewed the man, without obtaining any valid information in his answers. The investigators themselves traced the trail to a pharmacist in Val-de-Marne, assigned to the Haÿ-les-Roses vaccination center. The woman sold the false papers to him for 250 euros each.
According to France Info, the two people are unknown to the courts. A judicial investigation has been opened for "
false administrative document
", "
attack on an automated data processing system
", "
participation in a criminal association
" and "
organized money laundering
". In addition to these charges, the man is also indicted for "
possession of false administrative document
" and "
refusal to provide an encryption agreement
".