Features of the Search During the Investigation of Fraud Related to the Falsification of Test and Vaccination Certificates Against Covid-19

Abstract

The article reveals the types of fraud with fake PCR tests and vaccination certificates for COVID-19. The sale of fake tests and vaccination certificates is becoming a real illegal industry. The sale of counterfeit vaccines and vaccination certificates from COVID today poses a significant threat to its spread, leading to its variations and tarnishing the reputation of the immunoprophylaxis company, as people with fake vaccination certificates become seriously ill, leading to lung ventilation. This state of affairs leads the population to despair about the effectiveness of COVID vaccination. The first type, in many cases, citizens are deceived by demanding $ 100 or 200 per PCR test. The second type of forgery of documents, the conditional effect of Photoshop QRcode, which «leads nowhere». The third type is the creation of a simulated web version of the application "Diia", which allowed to issue a fake vaccination certificate for COVID-19. Through chats, it was possible to get access to the fake "Diia" for UAH 200, to issue a fake vaccination certificate from COVID-19 for UAH 300. The fourth type of forgery of COVID documents concerns abuses by doctors. «There are cases when some unscrupulous doctors offer fake certificates. The person receives a certificate, sometimes even offered to enter data into the application "Diia", ie they are almost original». Since errors of pre-trial investigation, especially during searches and seizures of material evidence, lead to the recognition of the latter as inadmissible, such evidence loses its legal force, they can not be taken into account when making procedural decisions and proving the circumstances of the evidence. Thus, the article establishes an indicative list of evidence and the main aspects of their detection and seizure during a search in the investigation of such criminal offenses, allows to collect the necessary evidence of criminal activity against such fraud and prevent the court from declaring such evidence inadmissible.