False vaccination certificates – police storm the doctor’s office
According to reports, anti-vaccinationists queued up for him because he distributed masses of false certificates. Now the police came to the raid – and probably had to break open the door.
On Thursday afternoon, the police searched the practice of a doctor in Leverkusen who is said to have issued false certificates for exemption from a corona vaccination. First the “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger” reported about it.
According to the newspaper, a reporter witnessed the raid: the doctor barricaded himself and the police then forcibly opened the door to the practice. In the last few days – according to the newspaper – there have been long queues in front of the practice.
Cologne public prosecutor’s office: Raid due to paragraph 278 of the Criminal Code
According to the spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office, the doctor is suspected of having “issued a certificate to various patients – without having previously examined them for their current state of health – for use by an authority in which the patient is examined not being able to receive a Covid-19 vaccination for specified medical reasons”.
A police officer secures the entrance to the practice in the Opladen district of Leverkusen: There are said to have been long queues of opponents of vaccination in the last few days. (Source: Roberto Pfeil/dpa)
The raid took place on the basis of a decision by the district court in Cologne, it said. There is initial suspicion against the owner of the practice according to Section 278 of the Criminal Code: “Issuing incorrect health certificates”. In particularly serious cases, when the perpetrator acts commercially or as a member of a gang, there is a risk of imprisonment of up to five years.
The public prosecutor’s office declined to comment on the specific case. “In view of the ongoing investigations and to protect the personal rights of those involved in the proceedings”, this is currently not possible, according to the public prosecutor.