Updated Jan 27, 2021 Man Arrested After Allegedly Injecting People With Fake COVID-19 Vaccine Johnny Stine is accused of injecting people across the country with his self-made vaccine for $400 to $1,000. At least one person was later hospitalized with the virus. A Washington man was arrested last week on federal charges after allegedly selling injections of a self-made and untested COVID-19 “vaccine” to customers online. Johnny Stine, 55, who also allegedly peddled cancer vaccines, presented himself as a biotech expert who for $400 to $1,000 would travel across the country to inject people with his purported coronavirus vaccine, the Department of Justice said in a release.