Tightening the Law in New York: You Can Now Go to Jail for Faking a Vaccination Card

New York Governor Katie Hawkul signed into law a new law on December 22 to tighten measures for counterfeiting vaccination cards. As reported NBC New York, it is now a Class A offense in New York State. And falsifying vaccination-related computer records has become a Class E felony.

According to the bill, "the COVID vaccination card should be considered a written document under the counterfeiting law." Counterfeiting is a crime under the new law. The punishment for him will be a prison term of up to 1 year or a suspended sentence of up to 3 years.

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This bill, among other things, introduced the criminal offense of computer hacking in the third degree for “deliberately entering, modifying or destroying“ computer material ”about vaccination against COVID-19».

Class E crimes are punishable by up to 4 years in prison.

“The Vaccine Truth Act will serve as a strong deterrent for people. They won't be able to lie about their vaccination status. The law will protect public health and advance our economic recovery, ”said State Senator Anna M. Kaplan in a statement.