:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/3LBTFFMG6NHVDH276OEOS4JIJQ.jpg "Banda sold false certificates of negative COVID-19 tests at Jorge Chávez Airport")
They even forged the QR code, however, it redirected to a YouTube page that had nothing to do with the PCR tests.
A well-organized gang sold PCR COVID-19 tests with a negative result for passengers to board their flights at the Jorge Chávez International Airport, without first having undergone any real analysis, thus putting other travelers at risk of contagion. However, these subjects could be captured by the National Police.
The band dubbed “The airport piranhas” would have operated for at least a year. The cost of the falsified test was between 300 to 400 soles, a price for which they ensured that the result was always negative.
ALSO DETAIL PASSENGERS
Colonel Edgardo Huamán , head of the Dirincri’s Scams Investigation Division, reported that 6 alleged members of this criminal gang were arrested, as well as four passengers who bought these falsified evidence.
” These people were dedicated to attracting travelers who leave the country and offered to process COVID-19 tests in 10 minutes, for which they charged between 300 and 400 soles, ” said Huamán.
He explained that the people who bought these false evidence were discovered as they passed the control to board the plane .
” Although the certificate they presented had the logo of a laboratory and the signature of a doctor, at the moment of going through the QR reader it opened a page that had nothing to do with the results of the discard test, ” said Huamán .
THEY HAD POS
The head of the Investigation Division indicated that, during the police intervention, which took place at gate 10 of the airport , several cell phones were seized that were used by the processors and the jaladores, who copied the passenger’s information and sent it to them. to a designer, who changed the data of the negative COVID-19 test certificate on a computer and forwarded it to the user within 10 minutes.
They even forged the QR code, however, it redirected to a YouTube page that had nothing to do with the COVID-19 tests.
He added that this band even had a POS to charge people who wanted their services , but did not have cash at the time. In fact, only four cards were found, 980 soles and 146 dollars.
USABAN ROYAL LAB NAME
In addition, the Police pointed out that the band used in its results the name and logo of a real and certified laboratory; however, they did not have the permission of said laboratory.
“ The identity of the laboratory has also been supplanted to them. It is the logo of the company, but they have not issued the certificate, ”said Huamán.
The capture was possible thanks to the anonymous complaint made by a citizen. The six captured subjects at all times denied being part of the ring of forgers.
The detained people (both buyers and sellers of these tests) will be reported for crimes against public health by having violated the sanitary measures against COVID-19 , putting other passengers on the same plane in which they were going to travel at risk despite having the virus.