Illegal sale of vaccine passport records allowed unvaccinated people to travel during pandemic when others were subject to restrictions

Two people have been charged over the creation and sale of fake Covid-19 vaccination records during the pandemic.

Waqas Hanif, 26, and Touqir Nasir, 29, will appear at Luton magistrates’ court on Thursday. They were charged in relation to alleged offences under the Computer Misuse Act and Fraud Act, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.