Fake vaccination cards are flooding the online black market. Journalists have flagged the messaging app Telegram, among others, as a site where users can easily buy and sell counterfeit goods like forged vaccination cards due to the platform’s security features and unwillingness to cooperate with law enforcement. Some sellers on the platform even claim that they can register the purchaser within the CDC’s vaccine data system and work with doctors to forge the cards. Buying, using, or selling fraudulent vaccine cards is a federal crime, but an increase in their use is expected as more government, public, and private institutions mandate vaccinations.
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