Crime & Safety

ICYMI: LI Nurse Charged In COVID-19 Vaccination Card Scheme: DOJ

Steven Rodriguez is accused of selling and distributing fake vaccine cards with another person, the Department of Justice says.

A nurse from Long Beach was charged in connection to a COVID-19 vaccination card scheme, the Department of Justice says.
A nurse from Long Beach was charged in connection to a COVID-19 vaccination card scheme, the Department of Justice says. (Peggy Bayard/Patch)

LONG BEACH, NY — A nurse from Long Beach was charged in connection with a COVID-19 scheme, authorities said.

Steven Rodriguez, who works at a clinic in Hempstead, was named in an unsealed indictment on Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn.

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