Erie County District Attorney John J. Flynn announces that 24-year-old Kaiyah S. Heinrich of the Town of Cheektowaga was sentenced this morning before Cheektowaga Town Court Justice James J. Speyer, Jr. to 3 years’ probation.

An investigation began after the New York State Department of Health received information that the defendant was selling fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards through her Facebook account. On, March 10, 2022, defendant of knowingly and intentionally sold two falsified COVID-19 vaccination cards to an undercover investigator on Thruway Plaza Drive in the Town of Cheektowaga.

Heinrich pleaded guilty to two counts of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the Third Degree (Class “A” misdemeanors) on May 17, 2022.

DA Flynn commends the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Erie County Department of Health, and the New York State Department of Health for their work in the investigation.

The case was prosecuted by Chief Candace K. Vogel of the Special Investigations and Prosecutions (SIP) Unit.