The European press recently reported that Italian authorities managed to dismantle a criminal organization whose main operation consisted of manufacture and sell fake COVID-19 certificates.
The Marketing of the falsified documents was carried out via Telegram, criminals used the instant messaging app for get in touch with citizens that they don’t want to get the vaccine against the coronavirus and who want to enter without problems the spaces where they are demanding the certificate.
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It should be noted that currently the Italian legislation states that for enter bars, gyms, cinemas or bars necessary have the complete vaccination schedule anti covid and present the certificate that proves it. In fact, citizens of that country can process it in a period of 3 business days to obtain it.
However, this situation was exploited by the criminal organization that was capable of producing forged certificates, which were filled out by doctors who collaborated in the issuance of the false document.
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According to European media, these fake certificates had to be paid with cryptocurrencies or purchase coupons that are redeemed in e-commerce platforms operating in Italy, those who were interested in acquiring this document had to pay a price that ranged from 150 to 600 euros (from 443,614 to 2,661,685 Colombian pesos).
According to the report of the Spanish media ‘El Tiempo’, one of the members of the criminal organization, a 17-year-old, confessed to the authorities that the sale of the falsified documents allowed him obtain profits of more than 20 thousand euros (about 90 million pesos).
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The detainee revealed that he managed to collect large sums of money in a few months and that his earnings allowed him to have a standard of living surrounded by luxury. However, the young man had to lead a double life since he lived with his parents who He assured that his millionaire income was the product of his work as a video game developers.
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