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sentenced to serve a term of four (4) months incarceration that will run consecutively to any other sentence imposed by the Court in New York, followed by a term of twelve (12) months of supervised release; he is ordered to pay to the Clerk of Court for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia a special assessment in the amount of $25.00 and restitution to be disbursed to the Architect of the Capitol in the amount of $500.00; imposition of a fine waived.
Criminal History
Liu was arrested in February 2022 in the Eastern District of New York (EDNY). He was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States Department of Health & Human Services, conspiracy to defraud the United States Department of Defense, and conspiracy to forge government writings. Liu and another individual conspired to steal and forge genuine covid-19 vaccination cards. They forged the stolen cards to indicate that unvaccinated persons received the covid-19 vaccination. Liu helped create and distribute these false covid-19 vaccination cards to military members to help them evade vaccination requirements. Liu and his co-conspirator distributed at least 200 false vaccination records and received thousands of dollars in exchange. As part of this scheme, Liu and his co-conspirator also created more than 70 false entries into immunization databases maintained by the New York State Department of Health. In May 2023, Liu pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the Department of Health and Human Services
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