Father And Son Who Wanted To Avoid Mandatory Quarantine Arrested For Using Fake COVID-19 Passports To Fly
A California father and son flew to Hawaii for vacation — only to be arrested at the airport and jailed after allegedly showing officials fake COVID-19 passports. Norbert Chung, 57, and Trevor Chung, 19, were taken into custody at Honolulu’s airport Sunday and charged with trying to get around the isolated state’s Safe Travel Program with phony documentation, according to local outlet KHON. The arrests are the first of their kind in the Aloha State, which has been grappling with soaring COVID-19 cases this month, the report said. Ongoing travel restrictions require visitors to present proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to avoid a 10-day quarantine. Prosecutors said the arrests were made after receiving a tip from a community member, the TV station reported. “To come to Hawaii and spend thousands of dollars on a trip and hotel and airfare and the money you’re going to spend to enjoy paradise, you’re going to risk that and spend even more money, because you put yourself, your family and others in jeopardy,” Arthur Logan, special agent of criminal investigations for …
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