More than 3,000 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards from China have been seized in Memphis, Tennessee, en route to other cities in the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) caught a shipment from Shenzhen, China, to New Orleans that contained 51 blank counterfeit vaccination cards, CBP said in an Aug. 13 statement. “It was the 15th such shipment of the night,” the statement reads. The FBI stated on March 30 that buying, selling, or using counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards is a crime and violators will face a fine and up to five years in prison. White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients also said on Aug. 13 that it’s “a crime” to falsify COVID-19 vaccination cards, amid new restrictions handed down by several major cities. After New York announced that it would mandate vaccine passports at certain businesses starting next month and a growing number of colleges and universities across the …
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