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September 13, 2021: COVID-scams around vaccines continue worldwide

September 13, 2021
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Ever-adaptable, some COVID-scammers are making counterfeit COVID vaccine cards for vaccine refusers inside the U.S., while others gear up to sell fake vaccines to people desperately seeking them in the developing world.

Read these recent stories and a dozen more about fake medicine in this week’s news roundup.

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USA v Zipperer, November 2020

September 13, 2021
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USA v Zipperer, November 2020

September 13, 2021
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September 13, 2021
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Mounties warned two First Nation that green pills like these had been causing poisonings and deaths. (Submitted by Manitoba RCMP)

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Diabetes-Doctor-com

September 13, 2021
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Minnesota-based Pharmaganics LLC runs DiabetesDoctor.com, which sells diabetes “treatments” without “competent and reliable scientific evidence.”

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22-year-old Darian Scott of Flagstaff, Arizona died of fentanyl poisoning after taking a fake oxycodone pill.

September 9, 2021
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Darian Scott
August 2, 2019

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Reward poster for Zhang Jian

September 7, 2021: Feds issue $5mm award for alleged fentanyl kingpin

September 7, 2021
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The U.S. Department of State is offering up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of Jian Zhang, a Chinese citizen who was indicted in 2017 for allegedly running fentanyl labs in China and selling fentanyl in pill and powder form to U.S. residents online.

This is just one of 28 fake medicine stories in this week’s news roundup.

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September 7, 2021
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front page of criminal complaint agaist Kyle Shephard

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2021-Project-Essence-011

September 7, 2021

More than $300 million worth of drugs was seized during ALERT’s Project Essence, which saw 13 search warrants searched on July 7, 2021 in the Edmonton and Calgary areas. A fentanyl superlab was also located in Aldersyde, Alta.
Courtesy, ALERT

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Yoda-w-pills

September 7, 2021

Counterfeit roxicodone pills made with fentanyl found in a Baby Yoda toy. Source: Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office

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