Long Island Nurses Make $1.5 Million in Fake Vaccine Card Scam: DA

[PoliticAverse]

Two nurses working on Long Island are accused of forging official COVID-19 vaccination cards and entering the information into New York's statewide database -- a scheme that allegedly brought in over $1.5 million.

The district attorney in Suffolk County announced Friday the arrests of Julie DeVuono, 49, and Marissa Urrao, 44, who worked at Wild Child Pediatric Healthcare in Amityville. DeVuono was the its owner and operator, the DA said.

Between Nov. 2021 and Jan. 2022, the pair allegedly forged vaccine cards, charging $220 for adults and $85 for children. At their arraignment, prosecutors also accused the duo of writing fake cards for undercover detectives who did not receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

Read the rest at: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/long-island-nurses-make-1-5-million-in-fake-vaccine-card-scam-da/3521791/

[thinkingagain]

1. So how do we prove if someone's actually had the shot

Because fake vaccine cards
Plus there are people who give the shots “pretending” to give the shot by putting the Dose in a tissue or some such.
I assume that the patient is in on it but scary would be if you think your getting a shot and really not.

[3Hotdogs]

2. And what happens to the detectives that paid for the fake documents?

[PoliticAverse]

5. The article was vague but I'm guessing the "undercover detectives" were part of a sting operation...

catching them in the act.

[3Hotdogs]

6. No. The head nurse's husband was part of the fraud. I suspect he directed other detectives to

his wife for the fraudulent documents.

[Drum]

3. Wild Child Pediatric Healthcare?

[PoliticAverse]

4. Is that a great name or what? n/t