Six people were indicted, including two imprisoned, in an investigation into the trafficking of false vaccination certificates against Covid-19, we learned on Friday from judicial sources close to the case, confirming information from the World and of 20 minutes.
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 judicial investigation opened Wednesday by the cybercrime section of the prosecution of Paris, 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”.
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Two defendants 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 the false certificates were offered.
The other protagonists were placed under judicial control, according to the judicial source.
According to the source close to the case, the suspects - sellers of fake vaccination certificates, their accomplices and two buyers - were arrested Monday and Tuesday, then placed in police custody.
25,000 euros found
The investigation, which began during surveillance by police officers from the Paris judicial police's cybercrime brigade (BL2C) on the social network Snapchat, identified 400 unvaccinated people who obtained false vaccination certificates through this team.
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.