{"id":748419,"date":"2022-01-13T20:23:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T20:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/13\/police-bust-italian-nurse-for-giving-phony-covid-19-jabs-throwing-away-doses\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:23:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T20:23:25","slug":"police-bust-italian-nurse-for-giving-phony-covid-19-jabs-throwing-away-doses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/13\/police-bust-italian-nurse-for-giving-phony-covid-19-jabs-throwing-away-doses\/","title":{"rendered":"Police bust Italian nurse for giving phony COVID-19 jabs, throwing away doses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jan. 13 (UPI) —<\/span> Authorities in Italy say they have arrested a nurse for running a COVID-19 vaccination scam in which he pretended to inoculate patients and give them official certification for money.<\/p>\n

Officials said Emanuele Luchetta was arrested for administering the phony vaccines to people looking to obtain a “green pass” — which is certification in Italy that one is vaccinated against COVID-19.\n<\/p>\n

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The green pass requires vaccination, a negative COVID-19 test or COVID-19 recovery in the past six months to work in public and private companies.<\/p>\n

Police said that Luchetta, 50, was caught on video throwing away doses of COVID-19 vaccines while the recipients, who were aware of the scam, played along.<\/p>\n

Luchetta faces charges of corruption, falsifying certificates and wasting public goods. Four accomplices, which include a lawyer and restaurateur, are also under house arrest.<\/p>\n

It’s believed that dozens of people paid for the vaccination ruse.<\/p>\n

Authorities said the nurse and his accomplices made at least $20,000 faking the COVID-19 vaccination certificates, for which clients paid around $450.<\/p>\n

Italy has recently rolled out a super green pass, which shows proof of at least two vaccine doses and allows access to certain venues and public transportation.\n<\/p>\n

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