Fake vaccination passports: Cologne public prosecutor’s office is investigating doctors
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Since the introduction of the 2G rules and the planned mandatory vaccination for health professions, the pressure has increased to submit proof of vaccination to Whenever more and more. The public prosecutor’s office is currently investigating forged vaccination passports in the Cologne area.
The Cologne Public Prosecutor’s Office has already initiated almost 200 investigations into forgery of vaccination records this year. Two people have already been convicted. The number of cases has increased over the past few weeks.
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Falsified vaccination records: Cologne public prosecutor’s office is investigating doctors
“Now that the pressure is there, things will only really start with the counterfeits,” says Markus Kerckhoff, owner of two pharmacies in Bensberg and Bergisch Gladbach, the “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.” A blank passport can easily be ordered online and is also given to the doctor free of charge. In the pharmacies in Cologne and all over North Rhine-Westphalia, however, the fakes are noticeable.
At the criminal police in Cologne, the investigation team “Stempel” takes action against vaccination passport forgers. Pharmacists or doctors often report fakes to the police, while others are discovered during police checks. The Cologne public prosecutor is currently investigating doctors from the Cologne area. They are said to have issued vaccination records without actually vaccinating the patients. (Red)