While easy to fake, COVID-19 vaccination card data is usually backed up
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Updated: 5:14 PM PDT May 5, 2021
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Updated: 5:14 PM PDT May 5, 2021
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MORE AND MORE OFTEN BECAUSE WE ARE IN DRY WEATHER. LISA: A BAR OWNER AND SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY WAS ARRESTED ACCUSED OF SELLING FAKE COVID VACCINATION CARDS. THERE ARE GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT HOW EASY IT COULD BE TO MAKE COUNTERFEIT CARDS. THEY’D OFFICIALS HAVE EMPHASIZED THEY WON’T REQUIRE THESE CARDS AS PART OF A VACCINE PASSPORT PROGRAM, BUT PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS LIKE SCHOOLS AND STADIUMS COULD ASK TO SEE YOUR PROOF OF VACCINE. BRIAN: THAT’S WHY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IT SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THERE AREN’T ANY FAKE CARDS FLOATING AROUND. KAY RECEDE IS IN CLEMENTS NOW. SEEMS LIKE THESE CARDS ARE QUITE EASY TO DUPLICATE, RIGHT? >> VERY EASY. THIS SAY REAL VACCINATION CARD. THE INFORMATION ON HERE IS REALLY EASY TO FORGE, EASY TO PRINT, EASY TO OBTAIN. BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT MAKING FAKE VACCINATION CARDS, YOU CAN END UP IN VERY REAL TROUBLE. TODD ANDERSON IS A WELL-KNOWN BAR OWNER IN CLEMENTS. NOW HIS SUSPECTED ACTIONS OF SELLING FAKE COVID-19 VACCINATION CARDS IN HIS SUBSEQUENT ARREST ARE JUST AS NOTORIOUS. >> IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME. >> THAT’S NUTS TO ME WHEN I SAW THAT ON THE FACEBOOK FEED. IT WAS VERY SHOCKING. KAY: THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL SAYS THEY WERE FIRST TIPPED OFF BY THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, WHICH LED TO AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION. THEN, TO THE DISCOVERY OF FAKE CARDS, LAMINATOR’S AND ANDERSON IN HANDCUFFS. >> THAT’S WHAT HE DID, HE NEEDS TO BE PUNISHED BY THE LAW. >> THE FBI WARNED THAT SELLING OR BUYING THESE COUNTERFEITS IS ILLEGAL. IN USING THE CDC AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SEALS ARE CONSIDERED IDENTITY THEFT. >> LOOKS PRETTY FICTITIOUS. IT LOOKED BIG SOMETHING I COULD MAKE AT HOME. >> WHILE REAL CARDS ARE EASY TO FAKE. THE COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER SAYS ACTUAL DATA IS NOT SO EASY TO HACK. >> IT’S NOT JUST THE CARD, THERE IS BACKUP DOCUMENTATION THAT COINCIDES WITH THIS. IF YOU CANNOT PROVE THAT, THE CARD DOES NOT HELP YOU. >> THAT BACKUP DOCUMENTATION WILL EXIST IN A STATE DATABASE. AND FOR IMPOSTERS, IT’S NOT JUST THE LAW YOU ARE BREAKING, YOU MAY BE PUTTING LIVES IN DANGER. >> YOU ARE A SAFETY RISK TO ANYBODY WHO MAY BE IMMUNOSUPPRESSED. IF THEY GET COVID. THE CONCERN WITH NOT GETTING VACCINATED DOES GO BACK TO THE VARIANT. VIRUSES BY NATURE MUTATE. KAY: IF YOU HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, THE FBI ADVISES THAT YOU NOT POST THESE CARDS ONLINE BECAUSE THERE IS INFORMATION ON HERE THAT CAN BE EASILY OBTAINED BY THIEVES. LIVE IN CLEMENS, KAY RECEDE