Homeopathy Specialist Arrested Over Fake Covid Treatment and Vaccine Card Scheme!

A homeopathic doctor was arrested for selling homeoprophylaxis immunity pellets/elixirs and issuing cards to customers suggesting they had received the Moderna vaccine, using Covid-19 vaccination cards. Juli A. Mazi, aged 41, is accused of wire fraud and a series of false statements concerning healthcare matters. The case is described as the first federal fraud case involving homeoprophylaxis immunity and fake vaccination cards.

Homeopathy is based on the principle that like cures like and is an alternative medical method using homeopathic products diluted almost tens of thousands of times. Its practitioners are called homeopaths. Although homeopathy is among the alternative treatments with the weakest evidence, it has regained popularity through the claim that water has memory. Animal, plant or mineral ingredients can be diluted thousands of times and used as homeopathic products. One frequently used product is a liquid obtained from skin damage caused by the scabies parasite.

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The First Covid-19 Fraud Case

The matter came to light in April 2021 when someone complained to the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General that family members had bought immunity pellets from homeopath Juli A. Mazi. The complainant said the family members had been told Mazi's pellets contained the Covid-19 virus and would generate an antibody response. The affidavit states that none of the family members had received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-authorized Covid-19 vaccines, but Mazi sent the family Covid-19 vaccination cards naming Moderna. She told them to mark the cards as having received the Moderna vaccine after consuming homeoprophylaxis immunity pellets. She also allegedly provided instructions for falsely filling in the cards to make a customer appear to have received two Moderna doses, and even supplied Moderna lot numbers.

Mazi is also alleged to have falsely claimed compliance with California school vaccination requirements for childhood diseases, supplying homeoprophylaxis immunity and fake vaccination cards that parents submitted to California schools.

Mazi said customers could provide children with pellets for Covid-19 immunity and that “the dose is actually the same for babies”. She exploited misinformation and fear surrounding the Covid-19 vaccine, claiming that swallowing the pellets would give complete lifelong immunity against Covid-19, and even that FDA-approved vaccines contained “toxic ingredients”.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in a news release: "The defendant, regarding FDA-approved vaccines, is accused of fueling fears and spreading misinformation to defraud and endanger the public, while selling fake treatments that put people's lives at risk. Worse, the defendant is also alleged to have created fake Covid-19 vaccination cards and told customers to mark them as vaccinated, impeding efforts to contain the disease and its spread.”

The case against Mazi, relating to the pandemic, was filed in collaboration with the DOJ Healthcare Fraud Unit's COVID-19 Interagency Working Group, which organizes efforts to address illegal activities involving healthcare programs during the pandemic.

What Are Homeopathic Preparations?

Homeoprophylaxis aims to stimulate a person's immune system and provide immunity by exposing the person to diluted amounts of a disease.

There is no high-quality scientific research showing that homeopathic preparations effectively prevent infectious diseases. Typical preparations are described as diluting a disease, tissue or plant extract with water "to a point where none of the original material remains in the preparation at the end of the process".

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