2 visitors arrested for using alleged fake vaccine cards to travel to Hawaii
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A COVID-19 vaccination card is seen with the date, vaccine type and batch number is seen at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Two visitors from the mainland were arrested for allegedy using fake vaccine cards to travel to Hawaii.
Two visitors from U.S. mainland were arrested for allegedly using fake vaccine cards to travel to Hawaii.
Officials with the Hawaii attorney general’s office arrested the visitors at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, a spokesman for the agency said in a statement.
Investigators said the two violated state rules requiring travelers to produce either a negative coronavirus test or proof of vaccination to avoid quarantine upon entering the state.
Violating the state’s COVID-19 mandates, including falsifying a vaccination card, is a misdemeanor that can result in a fine of up to $5,000, up to a year in prison or both.
The agency said this is the first time it has arrested someone for allegedly falsifying a vaccination card.
