Monday, July 12, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron presented new measures to control the Covid-19 epidemic and the spread of the Delta variant. From then on, he announced that he wanted to extend the health pass to “places of leisure and culture” from July 21. Thus, everyone over the age of 12 should be "vaccinated or have a recent negative test to enter a show, amusement park, concert or festival" , detailed the head of state. Cinemas and theaters will also be among the places concerned. In addition, Emmanuel Macron also announced that it wants to extend the health pass to restaurants, trains and coaches for long journeys, from August.
These changes could impact the use of fake health passes , which has already been detected in many French departments. Indeed, fraud attempts to obtain false vaccination certificates have been noticed since June.
The 8 p.m. news from France 2 , became interested in fake health passes on Tuesday, July 6, 2021. On the Internet, it is possible to find fake vaccination certificates . We learn in particular that a certificate can cost around 200 €. Other counterfeiters go further, by offering certificates with QR Code. To carry out the latter, they must have the complicity of a doctor, who then risks the radiation of the doctors.
When making a fake health pass or buying one, what are the risks? Counterfeiters and customers face 3 years in prison and 45,000 euros fine .
