В Великобритании приговорили двух мужчин за создание и продажу поддельных сертификатов о вакцинации от COVID-19

Сотрудник центра здравоохранения Вакас Ханиф и его сообщник получили тюремные сроки за создание более 2000 фиктивных записей о прививках, которые продавались в интернете для обхода ограничений. В ходе расследования Национального агентства по борьбе с преступностью было обнаружено, что злоумышленники использовали административный доступ к системе NHS для получения финансовой выгоды в период пандемии.

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Two men who created fraudulent Covid 19 vaccination records during the pandemic and sold them online, have been sentenced. Waqas Hanif, 28, from Luton, generated the false records while working at Kingsway Health Centre between June and October 2021. Hanif charged between £80 and £150 for two bogus doses and was sentenced to three years in prison at Luton Crown Court on September 3. Paul Foster, deputy director and head of the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) National Cyber Crime Unit, said: "These men cynically abused our healthcare system for financial gain, at a time when the country was going through the turmoil and pain of the Covid-19 pandemic. "Although receiving the vaccine is a matter of personal choice, such exploitation of our healthcare system to allow unvaccinated individuals to bypass restrictions that are in place to protect the British public is illegal." More than 2,000 fraudulent records were created, allowing unvaccinated people to avoid restrictions such as travel bans and limits on large gatherings. Hanif was arrested by NCA officers in January 2022, who found £7,000 in cash, his NHS ID card, documents, and an application for a safe deposit box in Luton. He later admitted to creating the records but said he acted under duress from criminals. Touqir Nasir, 31, also from Luton, was handed a 10-month suspended sentence and a six-month curfew for his involvement. Deputy Director Paul Foster, Head of the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit, said: “Working closely with the NHS England Counter Fraud Team, this investigation has helped to secure the safety of our communities by preventing organised criminals from further undermining the national pandemic response and benefitting financially from the damaging service they provided.” Investigators found Hanif had access to the NHS Pinnacle system as a site administrator. A safe deposit box linked to Hanif contained £136,405 in cash, the largest available at the centre and rented during the period the records were generated. Of the 2,663 suspicious entries at Kingsway Health Centre, 1,875 were traced to five IP addresses linked to Hanif’s home.