A Utah man who sold 120,000 fake COVID-19 jab cards received a 12-month prison sentence.
“The lead defendant in a scheme that manufactured, sold and distributed 120,000 counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination record cards was sentenced today,” the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Utah stated in a press release.
“Nicholas Frank Sciotto, 34, of Salt Lake City, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Tena Campbell to 12 months’ imprisonment, three years supervised release, and ordered by the court to pay a $40,000 fine, after he admitted in July 2024 that he conspired to defraud the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by selling and distributing counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination record cards. In turn, Sciotto obtained over approximately $400,000 in profits,” the release continued.
A Salt Lake man who sold at least 120,000 fake COVID-19 vaccination record cards during the pandemic was sentenced this week to a year in prison. https://t.co/5ph67bPaSb
— KSL (@KSLcom) October 11, 2024
KSL reports:
Sciotto was living in Weber County when he started an online business printing and…
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