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Fake COVID Vaccine Cards Are Being Sold Online. Using One Is A Crime - NPR
Jun 08, 2021 1 min, 2 secs
A man holds his vaccination reminder card after having received his first shot at a pop-up vaccination site next to Maximo Gomez Park, also known as Domino Park, on May 3 in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami.

A man holds his vaccination reminder card after having received his first shot at a pop-up vaccination site next to Maximo Gomez Park, also known as Domino Park, on May 3 in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami.

A vendor on Amazon was discovered selling a pack of blank COVID-19 vaccination cards this week.

Other vendors selling fake vaccine cards have cropped up on Etsy, an e-commerce site focusing on handmade and vintage items; on pro-Trump forums; and on the dark web, according to recent reports.

In April, 47 members of the National Association of Attorneys General sent the CEOs of Twitter, Shopify and eBay a letter requesting that they take immediate action on bad actors spreading COVID-19 misinformation and using the sites to sell fake vaccine cards.

Catching and charging people behind the selling of fake COVID-19 immunization cards has been rare so far.

California bar owner Todd Anderson was arrested last month for allegedly selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards in what was believed to be the first thwarted scheme of its kind

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