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2022: Fine of 150 thousand rubles for fictitious certificates of vaccination against coronavirus COVID-19

In November 2022, the first verdict was passed on medical workers in St. Petersburg for fictitious vaccination certificates. Nurses Darya Drozdova and Maria Shelestova, who are accused in this case, were fined 150 thousand rubles each.

According to RBC with reference to the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg, the girls were found guilty under Part 1 of Article 237 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Hiding information about circumstances that create a danger to the life or health of people").

In St. Petersburg, the first verdict was passed on health workers for fictitious certificates of vaccination

The court found that in 2021, nurses jointly entered into the electronic system information about alleged vaccinations, after which they issued relevant certificates. For a fictitious document, the health workers took a fee of 5 thousand rubles per person. It is known that there were at least four such patients.

At the meeting, they pleaded guilty and repented of what they had done, the press service of the city prosecutor's office said. As specified in the press service of the prosecutor's office of St. Petersburg, the case was considered in a special order.

According to the publication "Business Petersburg," nurses were threatened with a fine of up to 300 thousand rubles, forced labor or imprisonment for up to 2 years. Both women were under recognizance not to leave. In which medical institution they worked, it is not specified.

The publication notes that the forgery of certificates of vaccination against coronavirus COVID-19 became very popular after the introduction of strict rules in St. Petersburg regarding visiting crowded places.

The district court has another similar criminal case by November 18, 2022. His defendants - general practitioner Rajab Mirzekhanov and nurse Yulia Kamchatkina - were charged 10 thousand rubles for fictitious vaccination certificates. A court hearing has been scheduled in this case.^[1]

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