Chicago Pharmacist Arrested for Selling Vaccination Cards for $10: Feds | Chicago News | WTTW
A Chicago pharmacist has been arrested and charged with selling authentic Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 vaccination cards on eBay, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Tangtang Zhao, 34, of Chicago, sold 125 authentic CDC vaccination cards to 11 different buyers for approximately $10 per card, according to a statement from the Department of Justice.
Federal prosecutors said Zhao worked as a licensed pharmacist for a company that administered COVID-19 vaccines nationwide, but did not identify the firm. However, an online profile lists Zhao’s place of work as a Walgreens pharmacy in South Chicago.
Through his position, Zhao “obtained and subsequently offered authentic CDC vaccination cards for sale online,” according to federal prosecutors.
Zhao is charged with 12 counts of theft of government property. He appeared in court Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheila M. Finnegan of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
