Woman denies selling forged COVID-19 test results

NASSAU- A 35-year-old woman has denied selling COVID-19 test results on the black market.

Laderia Russell, of Grantana Subdivision, is accused of supplying travelers with forged negative COVID-19 test results.

Several countries require proof of a recent negative test for travel. But some travelers have managed to travel on forged results purchased for as little as $50.

So far, Russell has denied 40 counts of possession of a forged document at her arraignment before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt. Police have laid 160 charges.

Russell returns to court tomorrow for the continuation of her arraignment.

She has been remanded to prison in the interim.