A Chicago pharmacist has been found guilty of federal charges alleging he stole hundreds of COVID-19 vaccination cards from the South Side Walgreens, where he worked, and sold them on eBay at the height of the pandemic.
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At the time, the government’s massive vaccination rollout was just getting underway nationwide, creating both hope and confusion in an already pandemic-weary public. In a statement to the Tribune on Monday, Zhao’s lead attorney, Gal Pissetzky, said the government “wasted thousands of dollars in resources to prosecute an irrelevant case” instead of focusing on “real violent crime and victims.”
While there were security cameras in the trailer, there were none showing the patient immunization room where the CDC vaccination cards were being stored, Yanz said.
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