A nurse from Vaudreuil-Dorion, in Montérégie, has just been criminally charged with having created false vaccine profiles as part of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19.
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Kayla Pellegrino will face charges of fraudulent computer use and production of false documents, shows a court document we have consulted.
The 31-year-old woman was charged following an investigation by the Permanent Anti-Corruption Unit (UPAC).
The indictment dated November 15 specifies that Pellegrino created “vaccination profiles, knowing them to be false, with the intention of committing the Government of Quebec, by making it believe that these documents were authentic”.
The alleged crimes occurred between November 16, 2021 and January 13, 2022, according to the denunciation of Sergeant-Investigator Patrice Poudrier, of UPAC.
The nurse indicates on her LinkedIn profile that she has worked for the pharmaceutical giant McKesson since last August. Previously, she worked at the Lakeshore Hospital in Pointe-Claire from January 2017 to July 2021.
Second known case
This is the second known case of criminal charges filed as a result of a UPAC investigation into producing false vaccine evidence.
Last September, a former employee of the Integrated University Health and Social Services Center of the Capitale-Nationale, Carolane Fournier, was accused of breach of trust, production of false documents and fraudulent use of a computer. .
The police then explained that Fournier had “made false feeds in the Quebec Vaccination Registry for herself and for other people”, for a few days in September 2021.
Criminal offenses
Also, in August, a dozen statements of violation of the Public Health Act had been issued following UPAC investigations in connection with the obtaining and use of false vaccine evidence. These criminal offences, which must be distinguished from criminal charges, carried fines of $1,000 to $6,000.
The UPAC indicated at the time that it had “about thirty criminal investigations” opened.
Kayla Pellegrino is scheduled to appear at the Montreal courthouse on January 12.
– With the collaboration of Ian Gemme