Man in Germany gets 90 COVID-19 shots to sell forged passes

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — A 60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers to people not wanting to get vaccinated themselves. The man from Magdeburg, whose name was not released in line with German privacy rules, is said to have received up to 90 shots against COVID-19 at vaccination centers in the eastern state of Saxony for months. Criminal police caught him earlier this month. The German news agency dpa reported Sunday the suspect was not detained but is under investigation for unauthorized issuance of vaccination cards and document forgery. It’s not clear what impact the about 90 shots had on the man’s own health.