Two nurses working on Long Island, New York, are accused of forging Covid-19 immunization cards and inputting them into the state’s database, a scheme that allegedly netted more than $1.5 million.
Julie DeVuono, 49, and Marissa Urrao, 44, who worked at Wild Child Pediatric Healthcare in Amityville, were arrested for selling bogus vaccine cards that would land in the New York State Immunization Information System database.
DeVuono is the owner and operator of the clinic.
The duo allegedly asked their victims $220 per adult and $80 per kid, which started in November 2021.
According to a CNBC report, the undercover detectives told prosecutors that they were given vaccine cards at the pediatric office on “one or more occasions.”
The duo then creates records to indicate that a vaccine was given despite never administering any.
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Further, the report also said that officers were able to seize $900,000 during a probe on DeVuono’s residence.
They also discovered a ledger detailing over $1.5 million in proceeds from the operation.
DeVuono and Urraro are each being charged with one count of second-degree forgery.
Aside from that, DeVuono is also being charged with an additional count of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree.
In an NBC report, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said that as nurses, DeVuono and Urrao should have known that it is important to have legitimate vaccination cards as…
