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\"\"Officials announced Monday that a federal jury in Chicago convicted an Illinois pharmacist on Friday for stealing and selling COVID-19 vaccination cards.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to court evidence presented at trial, pharmacist Tangtang Zhao, 36, of Chicago, stole CDC-issued COVID-19 vaccination cards from the pharmacy where he worked, <\/span><\/p>\n

He sold them to buyers across the country through an online marketplace.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zhao and other pharmacists administered COVID-19 vaccinations to the public, and therefore Zhao had access to vaccination cards at the pharmacy. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"person<\/a>During three weeks in March and April 2021, Zhao posted listings for over 650 COVID-19 vaccination cards that he advertised as \u201cauthentic\u201d and \u201cstraight from the CDC.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

He sold 630 cards to approximately 200 unique buyers, who paid Zhao more than $5,600. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The jury convicted Zhao of 12 counts of theft of government property. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 28. He faces up to 10 years in prison. <\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trial Attorneys Claire Sobczak and Victor Yanz of the Criminal Division\u2019s Fraud Section are prosecuting the case. Assistant Chief Leslie S. Garthwaite investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice\u2019s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at\u00a0www.justice.gov\/disaster-fraud\/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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