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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. Marine Reservist already charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot case busted for fake Covid vaccine IDs
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/17/marine-reservist-charged-in-jan-6-capitol-riot-sold-fake-covid-cards-feds-say.htmlA U.S. Marine Corps Reservist from New York who previously was arrested on charges related to participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has been charged in a new case of conspiring to sell fake Covid-19 vaccination cards to fellow reservists, prosecutors said Thursday.
The reservist, 26-year-old Queens resident Jia Liu, is accused of conspiring with a nurse named Steven Rodriguez, 27, to defraud the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the fake card distribution scheme, according to prosecutors in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.
Liu separately is charged with providing these cards to Marine Corps reservists, thus defrauding the Defense Department.
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...Prosecutors said the scheme led to more than 300 stolen or false vaccine cards circulating and created more than 70 false entries in immunization databases...
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U.S. Marine Reservist already charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot case busted for fake Covid vaccine IDs (Original Post)
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Feb 2022
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. Kicking for visability
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)2. More info here ...
Thu Feb 17, 2022, 08:18 PM
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142872670
blogslug
(37,955 posts)3. Thanks!
I neglected to search LBN to see if this had already been posted.
Everything about this makes me angry but that thing about the nurse trashing a dose of vaccine for each "premium" fake card...
smdh
stopdiggin
(11,095 posts)4. so proud to have these people standing in defense of their country! -(nt)-
C Moon
(12,188 posts)5. Good people.