CVS worker accused of stealing blank COVID-19 vaccination cards

On the same day that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that masks were not required if people are fully vaccinated, a worker at a New York CVS has been charged for taking vaccination cards from his work.

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Nassau County police said Zachary Honig, 21, took eight COVID-19 vaccination cards that had been filled in with vaccine information but no patient names, in addition to 54 blank vaccination cards. The documents were found in Honing’s car during a sweep of an alleged high-crime area by the department’s Criminal Intelligence Rapid Response team, police told WNBC.

“They were taken within the last couple of days, with the intent to share them with family members and friends, so that they could go into venues and possibly even use them at schools,” Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder told WNBC.

Honig told police when he was arrested, “I sell the cards to kids, so they can go to school,” WCBS reported. But they don’t believe he had sold any.

The man has been fired and CVS said it is working with police on the investigation, WNBC reported.

The cards have not been used as proof of documentation for New York’s Excelsior Pass, the state’s vaccination passport, as it works with the card and a database.

The FBI says that it is illegal to have a fake vaccination record card.

Not only could you unknowingly spread the virus, you actually could be prosecuted since the cards have an official government seal and could be punishable under Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 1017 and any other laws that could apply.

If you know of someone using a fake vaccination record, you’re being asked to report the person to the appropriate government agency or by calling Health and Human Services at 1-800-HHS Tips or by logging on to the Internet Crime Complaint Center.

For more on how to protect yourself from vaccination scams, click here.

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