Two anti-vaxxers have been charged with attempted fraud after going to extreme measures to avoid the Covid jab.
Two anti-vaxxers in Western Australia have been arrested and charged after allegedly attempting to bribe health workers in separate extraordinary attempts to avoid getting the Covid-19 vaccine.
A 31 year-old Port Hedland man was arrested and charged with attempted fraud following a visit to a campus in South Hedland.
Police said the man went to the campus for a vaccine appointment on November 10 and was escorted to a booth, where he allegedly attempted to bribe the nurse.
Police claimed the man handed the nurse a note offering money in exchange for a fraudulent vaccination record, which the nurse refused.
He has since been charged with attempted fraud.
Just north of Perth a second person has also been charged after also allegedly attempting to bribe a health worker to avoid the jab.
Geraldton police have charged a 34 year-old woman who allegedly visited a pharmacy on November 8 and asked the pharmacist fraudulently administer the vaccine in exchange for an unspecified amount of money.
The pharmacist refused and the woman left.
The 34-year-old woman from Kalbarri has been charged with one count of attempted fraud.
Both defendants will appear before court later this month.
Originally published as Man and woman in WA allegedly attempt to bribe health workers to avoid Covid jab
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