Woman accused of selling fake Covid test docs

POLICE have charged a Darling Heights woman for allegedly pretending to be a doctor and issuing about 600 fake medical ‘exemption certificates stating a person is exempt from undergoing Covid testing, receiving a vaccine and wearing a mask.

On Tuesday, investigators from Task Force Sierra Linnet, in conjunction with Gold Coast Detectives, executed a search warrant at an address on Robert Street, Labrador, where a woman was arrested.

A 45-year-old Darling Heights woman has now been charged under Health Practitioner Regulation National Law with five counts of taking a title indicating a person is a health practitioner.

She is the first person in Queensland to be charged with this offence.

The woman will appear at the Southport Magistrates Court on October 28.

Investigations continue, and anyone with information for police should phone Policelink on 131 444.