{"id":325124,"date":"2021-08-16T00:35:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T21:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chuck-schumer-calls-for-crackdown-on-fake-vaccination-cards\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T00:35:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T21:35:20","slug":"chuck-schumer-calls-for-crackdown-on-fake-vaccination-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chuck-schumer-calls-for-crackdown-on-fake-vaccination-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chuck Schumer calls for crackdown on fake vaccination cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Chuck Schumer calls for crackdown on fake vaccination cards<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday urged the federal government to crack down on the sale of phony COVID-19 vaccination cards \u2014 and  spread the word that \u201cdumb\u201d people\u00a0buying\u00a0the fake inoculation documentation risk spending time behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am urging a federal crackdown on these counterfeit COVID cards and [the start of] an education campaign to make it clear to the American people that this is illegal, you could actually go to prison for buying these,\u201d Schumer (D- NY) said at a press conference in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are now people manufacturing and selling fake COVID cards, even though it\u2019s a crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Feds have to step up their efforts to ameliorate this problem before it gets worse,\u201d said Schumer, the Senate\u2019s majority leader. \u201cThe Department of Justice must ensure that fraud cases are prosecuted to the full extent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said it is puzzling why unvaccinated people would rather shell out money for illicit counterfeit cards than head to a vaccine site and receive a shot at no cost \u2014 and in some cases, such as in New York City, even get paid.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/081521Shumer3GSB.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Senator Schumer talks about fake covid vaccine cards\" class=\"wp-image-19139417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/081521Shumer3GSB.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/081521Shumer3GSB.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/081521Shumer3GSB.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sen. Chuck Schumer said that those\u00a0buying\u00a0fake COVID vaccination cards risk spending time behind bars.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gabriella Bass<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSome people, rather than get the vaccine, which is free, are paying money for a fake card and risking prosecution because it\u2019s against the law,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cWho could be that dumb?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schumer suggested the federal government launch an \u201ceducation campaign\u201d that would let Americans know they face prison time for purchasing the counterfeit cards.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer\u2019s call for a crackdown on bogus immunization cards comes as fraudsters are\u00a0hawking\u00a0the items.<\/p>\n<p>Customs and Border Patrol officers in Tennessee have\u00a0seized\u00a0thousands of phony COVID-19 vaccination cards from China in the Past year, according to the agency.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/081521Shumer6GSB.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Senator Shumer talks about fake covid vaccine cards\" class=\"wp-image-19139422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/081521Shumer6GSB.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/081521Shumer6GSB.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/081521Shumer6GSB.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sen. Chuck Schumer suggested an \u201ceducation campaign\u201d to let Americans know fake vaccination cards are illegal.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gabriella Bass<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mayor\u00a0Bill de Blasio announced Aug. 4 that the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le will in September begin requiring movie\u00a0theaters, restaurants and gyms to require proof of vaccination to enter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere we are going to great lengths to let people go back to their activities at restaurants, at sports stadiums, at gatherings, at clubs, with the idea that if you show the card it\u2019s OK,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf fake cards become an epidemic, then people will no longer feel safe to gather at these places, and we will hurt our economy, as well.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Chuck Schumer on Sunday urged the federal government to crack down on the sale of phony COVID-19 vaccination cards \u2014 and spread the word that \u201cdumb\u201d people\u00a0buying\u00a0the fake inoculation documentation risk spending time behind bars. \u201cI am urging a federal crackdown on these counterfeit COVID&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":325125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/081521Shumer2GSB.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[114280,71313,1545,70344,82862],"class_list":["post-325124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-8-15-21","tag-chuck-schumer","tag-coronavirus","tag-coronavirus-in-ny","tag-covid-vaccine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}