Criminal proceedings have been launched in Switzerland following the discovery of around 8,000 fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates that were issued in the eastern canton of St Gallen.
Police believe the forged documents were handed out by people working at private test centres that had access to the national certificate issuing system. It is assumed that the fraud was a money-making scam with recipients being charged for the fakes.
This is not the first time that police have uncovered fake certificate scams in Switzerland, but it is the largest operation that has come to light so far.
Around 67% of the Swiss population is fully vaccinated against coronavirus and 20% of people have received booster jabs so far.
The number of new infections has been creeping up in recent weeks, reaching 11,451 cases on Thursday.
Fraudulent schemes in cantons Vaud, Geneva and Schaffhausen have involved no more than a few hundred certificates.
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