US PHARMACIST ARRESTED FOR SELLING COVID-19 VACCINE CARDS ON EBAY

Wed 18 August 2021:

According to the U.S. Justice Department, a licensed pharmacist was detained in Chicago on Tuesday for allegedly selling hundreds of genuine Covid-19 vaccination cards on eBay.

According to the department, Tangtang Zhao, 34, allegedly sold 125 Covid-19 vaccination cards from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to 11 separate buyers for about $10 each in March and April.

Zhao worked at an unidentified chain of pharmacies and had access to the cards, which are provided each person who gets a coronavirus vaccination.

The cards are increasingly important as more businesses, offices and public events demand proof of vaccination by workers or participants.

Zhao was indicted on 12 counts of theft of government property and faces up to 10 years in prison on each count.

“We take seriously, and will vigorously investigate, any criminal offense that contributes to the distrust around vaccines and vaccination status,” Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite said in a statement.

In July, a licensed naturopathic doctor in California was charged with selling immunization pellets to patients under the guise that they would create Covid-19 antibodies and instructing customers how to fill out the CDC vaccine card to make it look like they had received the Moderna vaccine.

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