California Homeopathic Doctor Arrested For Selling COVID-19 'Immunization Pellets'

A homeopathic doctor in California was arrested earlier this week for allegedly selling COVID-19 "immunization pellets" and falsifying vaccination cards.

Court documents show that in April, someone filed a complaint to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) after family members purchased COVID-19 homeoprophylaxis immunization pellets from 41-year-old Juli Mazi of Napa, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a news release Wednesday.

Mazi allegedly claimed that the pellets contained the COVID-19 virus to create an antibody response, and it would provide supposed "lifelong immunity." Moreover, even if the family of the complainant was not vaccinated, Mazi reportedly sent COVID-19 Vaccination Record cards with Moderna listed, and allegedly instructed the family members to mark the cards so they would falsely state that they received the vaccine on the day they ingested the pellets.

According to the federal affidavit, "Complainant 1" provided federal agents with the evidence from members of the family, including two COVID-19 vaccination cards indicating that they received the Moderna vaccine and a two-page letter reportedly provided by Mazi.

"(Y) ou will basically fill in the card yourself . . . The only important aspect about the card is that it is legible. It does not matter whose handwriting it is in, and in most circumstances where they are having those like make-shift vaccination assembly line type situations, they are having people fill in the information themselves," Mazi reportedly said in the transcript of a consensually recorded and monitored call with "Complainant 1" provided by the federal affidavit.

According to the DOJ, Mazi also gave customers Moderna vaccine lot numbers to put on the cards.

"In a consensually monitored and recorded telephone call made by a member of the public in connection with this investigation, MAZI admitted that her fabrication of the CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards was 'more than an ethical stretch,'" the affidavit noted.

Further, Mazi, whom the federal affidavit noted to be a licensed naturopathic doctor in California, allegedly "exploited disinformation and fear by falsely claiming that the FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines contain toxic ingredients." She also said the customers could give the pellets to children and the dose would be the same for babies, the DOJ noted.

"Steering through the challenges presented by COVID-19 requires trust and reliance on our medical professionals to provide sage information and guidance," Acting U.S. Attorney Stephanie Hinds for the Northern District of California said as per the DOJ news release.

"According to the complaint, instead of disseminating valid remedies and information, Juli Mazi profited from unlawfully peddling unapproved remedies, stirring up false fears, and generating fake proof of vaccinations. We will act to protect trust in the medical developments that are enabling us to emerge from the problems presented by the pandemic."

"The case is the first federal criminal fraud prosecution related to homeoprophylaxis immunizations and fraudulent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 vaccination record cards," the DOJ said.

Mazi has been charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of false statements in regard to health care matters.