It is a Federal Crime to Make or Use a Fake Vaccine Card

On March 30, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a Public Service Announcement advising the public of the criminal consequences of making and/or buying a fraudulent vaccination record.

Because the real vaccination cards carry the seal of the Center for Disease Control and Department of Health and Human Services, 18 USC 1017 criminalizes faking these cards or possessing fake cards:

Whoever fraudulently or wrongfully affixes or impresses the seal of any department or agency of the United States, to or upon any certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper or with knowledge of its fraudulent character, with wrongful or fraudulent intent, uses, buys, procures, sells, or transfers to another any such certificate, instrument, commission, document, or paper, to which or upon which said seal has been so fraudulently affixed or impressed, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

18 USC 1017 - Government seals wrongfully used and instruments wrongfully sealed. Be careful and stay safe.

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