Charges: Nurses Made $1.5 Million Off Fake Vaccination Cards

Charges: Nurses Made $1.5 Million Off Fake Vaccination Cards
A COVID-19 vaccine record card is seen at a vaccination site in Miami Gardens, Fla., on April 14, 2021. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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AMITYVILLE, N.Y.—Two nurses on Long Island are accused of forging COVID-19 vaccination cards and pocketing more than $1.5 million from the scheme, prosecutors and police said.

Julie DeVuono, the owner of Wild Child Pediatric Healthcare in Amityville, and her employee, Marissa Urraro, are both charged with felony forgery, and DeVuono also is charged with offering a false instrument for filing. Both were arraigned Friday.