A 47-year-old man from Lami has been charged with various offences for allegedly issuing forged vaccination cards, curfew passes and sick sheets.
It is alleged the man issued curfew passes, vaccination cards and sick sheets without the authorization of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services between 2021 and February 2022.
He allegedly issued a fake vaccination card to a 55-year-old man from Nadera.
The 47-year-old man from Lami is alleged to have stolen two rubber stamps and a stamp pad which was the property of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services.
He has also been charged for giving false information to a public servant, where he allegedly gave false information to a Ministry of Health staff causing the issuance of a Medical Certificate book under a senior official’s name when in actual fact it was never required.
The man was also allegedly found with a forged vaccination card of a 55-year old man from Duvula Road, Nadera.
The man from Lami has also been charged with two counts of possession of forged documents as he allegedly possessed two curfew passes issued in January this year.
The 55-year old man from Nadera has also been charged with one count of possession of forged document, as he was allegedly found with a fake vaccination card under his name when in actual fact, he was not vaccinated.
Both men will be produced in the Suva Magistrates Court tomorrow.
