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To conceal his scheme, prosecutors said, Van Camp referred to the cards by code names - such as "gift card" and "restaurant gift card" - and urged buyers to do the same. Prosecutors said Van Camp carried out the scheme with a coconspirator - unidentified in the court records - who had a top secret security clearance. In Van Camp's case, federal prosecutors alleged he sold fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to at least four undercover agents after obtaining an electronic copy of a blank card. In a federal court in California, a Texas man was charged with offering fake cures for COVID-19 and distributing fake vaccination cards. In another case, the Justice Department charged a New Jersey woman, Lisa Hammell, with selling at least 400 fraudulent vaccination cards to unvaccinated people while working at the postal service. The cases involve more than $149 million in allegedly false billings to federal programs and theft from federal pandemic assistance programs, the Justice Department said.Īssistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite, the Senate-confirmed head of the Justice Department's criminal division, said the coordinated enforcement action "reinforces our commitment to using all available tools to hold accountable medical professionals, corporate executives, and others who have placed greed above care during an unprecedented public health emergency." The Justice Department noted Van Camp's case on Wednesday as it announced a bundle of COVID-related fraud prosecutions against physicians, marketers, and owners of medical businesses, among others. On Tuesday, the 53-year-old Colorado businessman was arrested on charges he conspired to defraud the United States and trafficked in counterfeit goods, becoming one of the 21 people accused in the past week of fraud connected to COVID-19. I'm taking the money!" he added, with a laugh. "And like I said, I'm in 12 or 13 states, so until I get caught and go to jail, fuck it.
Van Camp claimed to have sold to Olympians. "Pretty fucking nice, huh? I call them a work of art," Van Camp told his buyer - an undercover federal agent - according to court records. As he made the sale in September 2021, Robert Van Camp couldn't help but admire his handiwork: fake COVID-19 vaccination cards made with the "real paper" and bearing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logo.
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