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Collected Item: “California woman first to face federal charges over fake COVID immunizations, vaccination cards”

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California woman first to face federal charges over fake COVID immunizations, vaccination cards

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A homeopathic doctor in California became the first person in the United States to face federal charges over fake COVID-19 immunizations and falsified coronavirus vaccine cards.

Juli A. Mazi, 41, of Napa was arrested Wednesday and charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of false statements related to health care matters, the Department of Justice said in a press release.

"This defendant allegedly defrauded and endangered the public by preying on fears and spreading misinformation about FDA-authorized vaccinations, while also peddling fake treatments that put people’s lives at risk. Even worse, the defendant allegedly created counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards and instructed her customers to falsely mark that they had received a vaccine, allowing them to circumvent efforts to contain the spread of the disease," said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco.

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homeopathic, California, Napa, immunization, vaccine card, fraud, fake, criminal, health, endangered, counterfeit, ASU

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https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/california-woman-first-to-face-federal-charges-over-fake-covid-immunizations-vaccination-cards?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR24Xfs_xPFA5soNSpdBuRYZ4RUXhuSKQFBNp-o61fFswo2Zyd63ObsSj2k

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Emma Colton, David Spunt

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2021-07-14
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