JakeStarkey
10-07-2021, 03:55 AM
(CNN)A Texas man was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for spreading a hoax related to Covid-19 (https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html) on social media, prosecutors said.
Evidence showed Christopher Charles Perez, 40, posted two threatening messages on Facebook in April 2020, falsely claiming he paid someone infected with Covid-19 to "lick items at grocery stores in the San Antonio area to scare people away" from the businesses, the US Attorney's Office in the Western District of Texas said in a news release (https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/san-antonio-man-sentenced-federal-prison-covid-hoax) Monday.
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Perez was found guilty of two counts for violating a federal law that criminalizes false information [my italics] and hoaxes related to biological weapons, prosecutors said.
The Southwest Texas Fusion Center (SWTFC) (https://www.sanantonio.gov/Southwest-Texas-Fusion-Center) received an online tip on April 5, 2020, of a screenshot of the post, and the FBI in San Antonio investigated the matter, according to the news release.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/us/texas-man-sentenced-covid-hoax/index.html
Evidence showed Christopher Charles Perez, 40, posted two threatening messages on Facebook in April 2020, falsely claiming he paid someone infected with Covid-19 to "lick items at grocery stores in the San Antonio area to scare people away" from the businesses, the US Attorney's Office in the Western District of Texas said in a news release (https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/san-antonio-man-sentenced-federal-prison-covid-hoax) Monday.
https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210827122156-computer-talk-stock-medium-plus-169.jpg
(https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/29/health/misinformation-how-to-talk-to-family-friends-tips-wellness/index.html)
How to encourage family and friends to stop spreading misinformation on social media (https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/29/health/misinformation-how-to-talk-to-family-friends-tips-wellness/index.html)
Perez was found guilty of two counts for violating a federal law that criminalizes false information [my italics] and hoaxes related to biological weapons, prosecutors said.
The Southwest Texas Fusion Center (SWTFC) (https://www.sanantonio.gov/Southwest-Texas-Fusion-Center) received an online tip on April 5, 2020, of a screenshot of the post, and the FBI in San Antonio investigated the matter, according to the news release.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/06/us/texas-man-sentenced-covid-hoax/index.html