Health officials in Vancouver say they’re aware of cases of people trying to pay vulnerable people in the city’s Downtown Eastside to get vaccinated for them so they can fraudulently obtain a COVID-19 vaccine passport.
The Vancouver Coastal Health authority would not confirm how many cases were involved, but confirmed that at least a handful of people did obtain bogus BC Vaccine Cards through what it called “deplorable” behaviour.
The fraudulent activity was first reported by online publication The Tyee, which quoted a DTES health-care worker whose patient told her they’d been paid $200 to get the shot for someone else.
Union Gospel Mission spokesperson Nicole Mucci said the fraudsters were taking advantage of the desperation of some people in the Downtown Eastside.
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