French police investigate rising number of fake Covid vaccine certificates

Fraudsters reported to have hacked accounts of doctors across country to obtain false documents

Police in France are investigating a series of Covid-19 vaccine certificate scams after several doctors reported having their health service accounts hacked.

In the latest incident, one of several forgery rackets under investigation, fraudsters gained access to the online account of a GP near Bordeaux and obtained 55 false documents. Another doctor in Marseilles reported being similarly hacked, and others have told the authorities that there had been attempts to access their accounts.