Feds: Detroit nurse allegedly stole vaccination cards, sold them on Facebook – Michigan Radio

Federal prosecutors have arrested and charged two individuals for selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards.Bethann Kierczak, 37, of Southgate is accused of stealing blank vaccine cards from the Detroit VA health care system, where she worked as a nurse, and selling the cards on Facebook for $150 to $200. She said she was using the money to pay for a child’s orthodontist bills, according to transcripts of those Facebook messages provided by prosecutors.According to the criminal complaint, a “Confidential Source” (CS) tipped off the Detroit VA Police Services in August that Kierczak, a registered nurse, was “forging and selling CDC marked COVID-19 vaccination cards she stole [from the VA] to veterans and non-veterans for profit.”The source also provided copies of their Facebook Messenger conversations with Kierczak from May and June as evidence. Portions of those conversations are included in the charging documents, and show the confidential source repeatedly pushing Kierczak to get the vaccination cards.On May 22, 2021:CS: “If you don’t forget to grab me about 10 of those things.. cough cough”[winking emoji] Ya know”KIERCZAK: “I am here, I will do my best, this pharmacist seems to be a littleprotective of the cards, lol”CS: “Ok lol”KIERCZAK: “But if I can’t today…
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