CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Federal authorities say a pharmacist was arrested in Chicago on Tuesday for allegedly selling dozens of authentic COVID-19 vaccination cards on eBay.
Tangtang Zhao, 34, of Chicago, is charged with 12 counts of theft of government property, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. He was a licensed pharmacist in Illinois and employed by a national pharmacy chain that administered vaccines for COVID-19 and distributed vaccination cards to recipients, according to a five-page indictment.
Zhao allegedly sold 125 of those cards to 11 different buyers for a total of more than $1,200, according to the feds. He made his initial court appearance Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheila Finnegan.
“Knowingly selling COVID vaccination cards to unvaccinated individuals puts millions of Americans at risk of serious injury or death,” said Emmerson Buie Jr., special agent in charge of the FBI’s Chicago Field Office. “To put such a small price on the safety of our nation is not only an insult to those who are doing their part in the fight to stop COVID-19, but a federal crime with serious consequences.”
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