In St. Petersburg, the center "E" was sent to detain a dealer in COVID-certificates

In St. Petersburg, the center
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Employees of the Center "E" (Department for Combating Extremism) of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained a courier in the Central District of St. Petersburg who was selling fake medical certificates related to the coronavirus. RBC was told about this in the press service of the St. Petersburg central office.

A 31-year-old man was detained near the metro station "Alexander Nevsky Square". He was selling fake coronavirus medical certificates. “For one and a half thousand rubles, you could buy a fake PCR test for coronavirus,” the report says.

Volodin called the duty of the Russians not to buy fake vaccination certificates Society

A criminal case has been initiated under Part 1 of Art. 327 of the Criminal Code (forgery, production or circulation of forged documents, state awards, stamps, seals or letterheads).

The day before, in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, three couriers were detained who were selling fake COVID certificates. The detentions took place on Veteranov Avenue, near the Devyatkino metro station and in the Frunzensky district. 

For all three episodes, criminal cases were initiated under Part 1 of Art. 327 of the Criminal Code. 

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