Home Health & Hospice Week
Pro Tip: Don't Google Your Criminal Plans
With vaccination mandates looking to be on the brink of enforcement, don’t forget that fake COVID cards are definitely in circulation. An example: Maryland resident Amar Salim Shabazz is facing federal charges for selling fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards, the Department of Justice says in a release. Shabazz allegedly purchased over 600 fake cards through “a foreign online marketplace,” had the cards illegally shipped into the U.S, “advertised them for sale on several popular social media platforms and distributed them through the United Parcel Service,” the DOJ says. Among Shabazz’s exploits uncovered in the investigation: searching the phrase “fake covid vaccination record card” and viewing a video titled, “Scammers Work to Sell Fake Covid Vaccination Cards Online;” having fake cards delivered to his house; posting ““I SELL PROOF OF VACCINATION CARDS” under a public article about cards being required for bar and restaurant entry; and sending the message “Made 300 today. I’m sold out. Just bought 500 more cards. 60x500 is $30k. I’m gonna be rich” to another individual. When law enforcement searched the former prison inmate’s house, they recovered a bullet point list including items such as obtaining two “burner” cell phones, with the note, “first burner is for scamming” and “hire a lawyer and get tips of what not to do when getting money illegally,” the DOJ alleges. Shabazz also allegedly researched how to delete his account on the foreign marketplace website after the search. “Since the beginning of August 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers have seized thousands of fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards at international mail facilities and at express consignment carrier facilities,” the DOJ says in the release. “The majority of seized shipments contain fraudulent COVID vaccination cards originating from Asia and the packages are commonly found to be falsely labeled.”
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Pro Tip: Don't Google Your Criminal Plans
With vaccination mandates looking to be on the brink of enforcement, don’t forget that fake COVID [...]
