yeah, we re talking about fake covid-19 vaccine cards. apparently all you have to do is fill out a form, pay with cryptocurrency and for as little as $150, you can have a fake in a matter of hours. we found there s this whole marketplace on the dark web for these doops driven by demand that are people that are still hesitant to get vaccinated. in chicago, the fbi is reportedly investigating a fake vaccine card scheme. in new york, police arrested a 21-year-old man when they found him with a stack of dozens of cards. he was selling them to students so they could go back to school. some new yorkers are questioning how the states will enforce the new vaccine requirements if it s so easy to get a fake card. we spoke with security experts at checkpoints. they said the reason it s so easy to scam the system is because under like some other countries out there, our vaccination cards are very simple, printed on paper. cities and states across the
they showed me something. authorities across the country facing a growing problem of counterfeit covid vaccination cards like this stack sell for 40 bucks on offer up in texas. and right now the fbi is reportedly investigating a fake vaccine card scheme in chicago. we found there s a whole marketplace on the dark web for these dos driven by demand from people who are still hesitant to gets the rack vaccine. cybersecurity experts say it s incredibly easy to scam our system because unlike some other countries our vaccination cards are simply on a piece of card stock with black ink. that s why they re challenging states that launch vaccine passport apps to crosscheck with state records. if the application or digital passports do not have that vaccine activity creating card very easy to duplicate or very easy to sort of evade the system. new york state s excelsior pass does that but tourists who