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Dr. Michael Kirk Moore and 3 of his people were charged this month in a scheme that federal prosecutors say lasted from May 2021 to September 2022.
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By Rey Maya
A Utah plastic surgeon and 3 affiliates were recently charged with promoting fake covid-19 vaccine cards for $50 in a scheme that lasted more than a year and destroyed more than $28,000 worth of vaccine doses, according to federal prosecutors.
Dr. Michael Kirk Moore Jr. , a board-certified plastic surgeon in the Salt Lake City area, sold a bunch of cards falsely claiming to be evidence of vaccination in exchange for money bills or donations to an unspecified charity, the U. S. Attorney’s Office in Utah told me. As part of that scheme, Dr. Moore and his affiliates then destroyed government-issued vaccines, prosecutors said, noting that many child patients had obtained saline injections from vaccine doses at the request of their parents.
Dr. Moore and his colleagues sold enough counterfeit vaccine cards for 1937 doses of the vaccine, according to billing documents, implying that the program lasted from May 2021 to September 2022.
Dr. Moore and 3 others: Kari Dee Burgoyne, their workplace manager; Sandra Flores, receptionist at her workplace; and Kristin Jackson Andersen, his neighbor, were indicted Jan. 11 on one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and two other counts.
According to the indictment, Dr. Moore was a member of a personal organization that aimed to “liberate” the medical career from government and medical industry intervention.
“By allegedly falsifying vaccine cards and administering saline injections to young people instead of COVID-19 vaccines, this provider has not only endangered the health and well-being of a vulnerable population, but has also undermined the public acceptance and integrity of federal authorities. “fitness care programs,” Curt L. said last week. Muller, Department of Health and Human Services Special Agent on Tax, Office of Inspector General.
Reached by phone Tuesday, a guy who knew himself as Dr. Moore hung up. Burgoyne declined to comment. Neither Flores nor Andersen responded to requests for comment.
Over the past three years, dozens of others have been prosecuted for COVID-19 vaccine fraud. The cases include those involving two Long Island nurses who were charged with forgery in January 2022 after making more than $1. 5 million from selling counterfeit vaccines. evidence of vaccination and a New Jersey mother she accused in August 2021 of promoting more than 250 fake vaccine cards on Instagram.
In the existing case involving Dr. Moore and his associates, prosecutors intend to seek the seizure of vaccination cards and vaccines in their possession, and make them pay a judgment of approximately $125,000.
Dr. Moore’s plastic surgery practice lists his certifications with the Utah Department of Professional and Professional Licensing, as well as the Idaho Council of Medical Examiners. The Board of Plastic Surgeons said Dr. Moore maintained his certification with the board.
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