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Show Transcript MORE AND MORE OFTEN BECAUSE WE ARE IN DRY WEATHER. LISA: A BAR OWNER AND SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY WAS ARRESTED ACCUSED OF SELLING FAKE COVID VACCINATION CARDS. THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT HOW EASY IT COULD BE TO MAKE COUNTERFEIT CARDS. THEY’D OFFICIALS HAVE EMPHASIZED THEY WON’T REQUIRE THESE CARDS AS PART OF A VACCINE PASSPORT PROGRAM, BUT PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS LIKE SCHOOLS AND STADIUMS COULD ASK TO SEE YOUR PROOF OF VACCINE. BRIAN: THAT’S WHY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IT SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THERE AREN’T ANY FAKE CARDS FLOATING AROUND. KAY RECEDE IS IN CLEMENTS NOW. SEEMS LIKE THESE CARDS ARE QUITE EASY TO DUPLICATE, RIGHT? VERY EASY. THIS SAY REAL VACCINATION CARD. THE INFORMATION ON HERE IS REALLY EASY TO FORGE, EASY TO PRINT, EASY TO OBTAIN. BUT IF YOU ARE
California officials have charged a San Joaquin County bar owner with felony identify theft and forging government documents and misdemeanor falsification of medical records after he was caught selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards for $20.
California bar owner is arrested for selling undercover agents fake COVID-19 vaccine cards for $20
Todd Anderson, 59, of Acampo, California, faces charges for multiple crimes including felony identity theft and forging government documents
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control sent in undercover agents to Anderson s Old Corner Saloon in Clements, California
They bought at least eight cards for $20 per card ‘on multiple occasions in April’
A laminating machine and 30 blank cards were confiscated by authorities
This is the first time California s ABC has set up such a sting to catch people selling fraudulent COVID-19 vaccine cards
But it s unlikely to be the last as vaccination cards become more crucial to the United States efforts to reopen after COVID-19
California bar owner charged with multiple felonies for allegedly selling fake Covid-19 vaccination cards, officials say
May 6, 2021 9:24 AM CNN
Source: the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) confirmed
Bar owner arrested after selling fake Covid-19 cards
(CNN) A bar owner who allegedly sold fake Covid-19 vaccine cards from his business was charged with multiple felonies, including forgery and identity theft.
The owner was arrested at his bar, the Old Corner Saloon, in Clements, California, the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control said in a statement Wednesday.
ABC received a complaint that fake vaccination cards were being sold at the bar and opened an investigation, the statement said. In April, undercover agents were able to buy fake cards there on several occasions, it said. It’s not clear how much the cards cost or how many were allegedly sold.