Brazilian Police Accuses Bolsonaro of COVID-19 Vaccine Record Fraud

Published on March 20, 2024

Brazilian police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro on allegations he faked his COVID-19 vaccination records to travel abroad, paving the way for possible criminal fraud charges against the conservative leader. Brazil’s federal police on Tuesday formally accused Mr. Bolsonaro, an outspoken skeptic of the global COVID vaccine rollout and harsh public health restrictions, of plotting to forge “false certificates to obtain undue advantages” during the pandemic. Ultimately, it will be up to Brazil’s attorney general’s office to decide whether to pursue criminal charges. Last May, the federal police raided Mr. Bolsonaro’s home in Brasília, arrested his aides, and seized his cell phone as part of an investigation into an alleged scheme to insert “false data” in a national COVID-19 database between November 2021 and December 2022....

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