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Man charged over faked positive COVID-19 test result
23 September
Inspector Will Loughrin, Waikato West Area Commander
Police have tonight arrested a 27-year-old
Cambridge man for altering a
document with intent to
deceive after he edited a text message to
inaccurately
state he had returned a positive COVID-19 test
result.
Yesterday, the man allegedly edited an official text message informing him he had returned a negative COVID-19 test result to read that he had returned a positive test result.
The man then contacted a number of people
informing them he had returned a
positive test
result.
Police were made aware of the incident last night
after one of these
concerned individuals reported it to
Police.
The Ministry of Health has confirmed the individual undertook a COVID-19 test on September 20, which returned a negative test result on September 22.
This is
extremely disappointing behaviour that has caused
unnecessary
distress for a number of people in the
Cambridge community.
The man is due to appear in the Hamilton District Court tomorrow.
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