A nurse in Brooklyn on Monday entered a guilty plea to a national scam cost after helping an upstate clinic distribute thousands of COVID vaccine cards to recipients who had never received the medication.
Kathleen Breault, 66, admitted to her position in the vaccination plan, which the feds say was run out of Sage- Petite Midwifery in Albany in 2021 and 2022, at a time when , mandates , required government and numerous exclusive- sector employees to get the shot.
Breault and the patient’s owner, Kelly McDermott, both accredited nurse caregivers, conspired to give out more than 2, 600 vaccination tickets to the unvaccinated, and destroyed containers of the vaccine as part of the system, the feds alleged in , a 2023 prosecution.  , McDermott’s situation is still pending.
” My petition is guilty”, Breault told Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Rachel. ” I gave vaccination cards to people who received no physician care.”
Based on national guidelines, she may experience 10 to 16 months in prison when she’s sentenced on Sept. 18. She must also pay more than$ 37, 500 in restitution. A maximum five-year jail term is imposed on the command she pleaded to, plot to mislead the United States.
According to the government, Breault and McDermott conspired to allow Sage- Petite to obtain authentic vaccination cards from the state Health Department.
The feds claimed that they even held vaccination clinic days at Sage- Femme and subsequently contacted people who wanted to miss the vaccine but still find their cards. However, the authorities claim that they destroyed the dosages and logged their individuals into the state’s vaccination database anyhow, rather than injecting the vaccinations they received.
Sage- Femme, one of the state’s busiest Johnson &, Johnson immunization sites, was described by the prosecution as a tiny nurse practice with areas in Albany, Sharon Springs, and Saratoga.
The prosecution lists two patients who received accounts without immunizations, and claims Breault herself received a card from a licensed practical nurse at Sage-Female.
In an , October oath, Breault described herself as a “scapegoat for heavy and following common dismissal of the vaccine stipulates” and said she “acted out of her morality”. She wished to have the accusation dropped.
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