California Woman Is Charged in Fake COVID-19 Vaccine Card Scheme

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On her website, the doctor describes herself on her website as a naturopathic doctor who is trained in “traditional medical sciences” and “ancient and modern modalities” that use nature to heal.

A homeopathic doctor in California is the first person to face federal charges for selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards, the authorities said.

Mazi sold pellets for $243 that she said contained a “very minute amount” of the coronavirus that would trigger an immune response and provide “lifelong immunity to COVID-19,” the complaint said. To encourage customers to purchase the pellets, prosecutors said, Mazi falsely told them that the three COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in the United States contained “toxic ingredients.

It’s unclear how many people purchased COVID-19 immunization pellets from Mazi, but she received more than $200,000 through Square, a digital payment processing company, from January 2020 to May 2021, the complaint said. A majority of the transactions did not indicate the purpose of the payments, but 25 transactions amounting to more than $7,500 were noted to indicate that they were for COVID-19 treatments, according to the complaint.

Steven Ryan, special agent in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, said the department would continue to investigate “fraudsters” who mislead the public.

 

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