CBSA confiscates 139 fake Covid-19 tests and six fake vaccine records along entire border

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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has apprehended 139 suspected fraudulent Covid-19 tests and six suspected fake Covid-19 vaccine credentials at ports of entry along the U.S./Canada border during the pandemic, CBSA spokesperson Louis-Carl Brissette Lesage said in an email to The Northern Light.

As of September 17, of the suspected fake Covid-19 tests, 103 were found during attempted land crossings and 36 were found when people attempted to fly into Canada, Brissette Lesage said.

CBSA declined to break down the ports of entry where the fake Covid-19 documents were confiscated because of security and high volumes of call.

CBSA, which detected fake documents well before the pandemic, has a global intelligence network that helps identify fake documents in CBSA’s multi-step process, Brissette Lesage said. The verification process includes ArriveCAN, verification through advanced technology and by CBSA border officers who are trained to examine physical Covid-19 records when not uploaded in ArriveCAN. CBSA declined to elaborate on techniques used to identify falsified Covid-19 documents.

After CBSA apprehends the documents, Public Health Agency of Canada and/or the police determine if penalty action would be enforced.

Under Canada’s Quarantine Act, someone who provides fake Covid-19 vaccination records can face up to $750,000 in fines, six months in prison or both; or prosecution under Canada’s criminal code for forgery.

People who aren’t Canadian citizens can be banned from entering Canada and/or banned from returning.

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