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COVID-19: Mom, Kids Accused Of Using Fake Vax Cards To Work In Westchester COVID-19: Mom, Kids Accused Of Using Fake Vax Cards To Work In Westchester
Covid-19: Mom, Kids Accused Of Using Fake Vax Cards To Work In Westchester A Dutchess County mother and her two daughters are facing charges for allegedly using fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards to maintain and obtain employment at a Northern Westchester nursing home, the District Attorney announced. Poughkeepsie residents Antoinette Clarke, age 48, Dzjara Clarke, age 27, and Jajvia Clarke, age 22, were arraigned on Monday, Jan. 31 in Cortlandt Town Court, where they were charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument, a felony, for attempting to dupe a Croton-on-Hudson nursing home in Northern Westchester. Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Ro…

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COVID-19: Westchester Community College Teacher Charged For Fraudulent Vaccination Card COVID-19: Westchester Community College Teacher Charged For Fraudulent Vaccination Card
Covid-19: Westchester Community College Teacher Charged For Fraudulent Vaccination Card A community college teacher in the Hudson Valley is facing charges after being busted for a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination card, the District Attorney announced. In Westchester, Mount Vernon resident Sonya Tarter Wilson, age 50, a former Westchester County Community College assistant teacher was arraigned after allegedly altering a COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card to obtain a full-time position at the school. Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah said that at approximately 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 9, Wilson submitted a copy of a forged COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card that include…

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COVID-19: Forging A Vaccination Card Could Soon Be A Felony In New York COVID-19: Forging A Vaccination Card Could Soon Be A Felony In New York
Covid-19: Forging A Vaccination Card Could Soon Be A Felony In New York Lawmakers in New York are looking to make penalties harsher for those attempting to forge COVID-19 vaccination cards to fraudulently claim they’ve been vaccinated. The Democratic-led Assembly has proposed legislation that would make it a felony in New York to forge a vaccination card or fraudulently provide proof of immunity with the intent to defraud. “New Yorkers deserve to know that when they attend an event or go to a ballgame where proof of vaccination is required that those around them are not putting people at risk by using forged documents,” Assemblymember Jeff Dinowitz stated. “…

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COVID-19: FBI Investigating Reports Of Fake Vaccination Cards COVID-19: FBI Investigating Reports Of Fake Vaccination Cards
Covid-19: FBI Investigating Reports Of Fake Vaccination Cards The FBI has launched a probe into the discovery of phony COVID-19 vaccination cards that are being sold by fraudsters online and through social media, threatening the progress America has. been making in combating the virus. FBI investigators and other federal officials are looking into the fake COVID-19 cards that are supposed to be administered by healthcare providers before one receives a first dose of the vaccine, but have instead been making the rounds online. Officials said that since there’s no way to authenticate vaccination cards, it's even easier for scammers to create their own, …

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