GOVERNMENT authorities have repeatedly warned the public not to issue, sell or use ‘fake’ vaccination cards but unscrupulous individuals have not heeded the warning as Quezon City Police District (QCPD) operatives arrested a female suspect who was reportedly selling reproduced Covid-19 vaccination cards to unwary residents in her area in Barangay E. Rodriguez.
Cubao Police Station (PS 7) commander Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth Jasmin identified the suspect as Huwela Mifuel Gabrido, 51, of No. 44 Cambridge Street in Bgy. E. Rodriguez, Cubao.
Jasmin narrated that they received information from a concerned citizen about Gabrido’s alleged selling of fake vaccination cards in their neighborhood and immediately told the police in order for the suspect’s immediate apprehension and upon validation of the information, police officers quickly conducted an entrapment operation and were able to procure a fake vaccination card amounting to P15,000.00 which was paid through G-Cash.
Subsequently, upon concurrence of the suspect for a meet-up to claim the alleged fake vaccination card, the police officers immediately caused her arrest while her cohorts identified as Sheena Loren Ponce and Heide Maniego, also residents of Bgy. E. Rodriguez managed to escape.
On her apprehension by the police, Gabrido brought to the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office for inquest on cases of estafa, falsification of public documents under the Revised Penal Code, and violation of R.A. 11332 or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases Law.
Upon learning of the suspect’s arrest, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte reiterated the warning to the public to refrain from faking their vaccination cards or selling the same.
“Maliban sa ito ay may kaakibat na criminal charges ay inilalagay din ninyo sa kapahamakan ang buhay ng ibang residente. Maging babala sana ito sa iba pang gumagawa ng ganitong modus,” Belmonte pointed out.
