Nurses accused in vaccine fraud case

Leading nursing organizations have issued a warning urging nurses to not spread misinformation about Covid-19, vaccinations and coverings.

Failure to comply may lead to skilled licensing proceedings brought by state boards of nursing for unprofessional conduct.

Unexpectedly, the pandemic has caused some nurses to also attempt to profit financially from the crisis. In April 2023, two nurse midwives and co-conspirators were criminally charged with theft of presidency funds.

Details of the indictment

One of the nurse midwives employed at a women’s hospital conspired with the middle’s owner (also a midwife) and others to obstruct the federal government’s administration and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.

The alleged scheme involved people registering as vaccine providers with the state to acquire real Covid-19 vaccination cards. They then forged these cards to falsely indicate that unvaccinated people had received the Covid-19 vaccine. The vaccine cards were intended for patients who actually received the vaccine.

Vaccination cards were required to be issued by patients who received the Covid-19 vaccine.

The charges against the nurse-midwives and their co-conspirators include:

• Persuading people from a particular a part of the state to make appointments at a facility in an effort to receive false and fraudulent documentation confirming they’ve received the vaccine
• Not administering the vaccine at vaccination clinics, but as a substitute destroying vials of the Covid-19 virus and providing falsified vaccination cards to those people
• Falsifying required documents regarding vaccinations against Covid-19
• Distribution of fraudulent vaccination cards from June 2021 to March 2022 – The group allegedly revamped 2,600 false entries into state vaccination databases, negatively impacting Covid-19 vaccine distribution and public health.
• Accepting “donations” to the clinic in exchange for forged vaccination cards (the funds were then transferred to the owner of the middle)
• Providing vaccines to minors who were ineligible for the vaccine and to Canadians who didn’t have immigration documents to enter the United States
• These actions led to charges of conspiracy to commit against the law, fraud and forfeiture of property obtained through criminal activity.

Conspiracy to defraud the United States fees (Title 18, United States Code, Section 371) against all defendants also included charges based on Title 18, United States Code, Section 981 (forfeiture of real or personal property derived from proceeds resulting directly or not directly from against the law), including: others.

If the allegations are confirmed, the defendants will resist 10 years in prison along with confiscation. An LPN who also worked at the middle pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the identical conspiracy.