(AP) — Two visitors from U.S. mainland were arrested for allegedly using fake vaccine cards to travel into Hawaiʻi. Officials with the Hawaiʻi Attorney General’s office arrested the visitors at Honolulu’s international airport, a spokesman for the agency said in a statement. Investigators said the two were in violation of the state’s travel rules which require either a negative coronavirus test or proof of vaccination to enter the state. Violating the state’s COVID-19 mandates, including falsifying a vaccination card, is a misdemeanor that can result in a fine of up to $5,000, up to a year in prison or both. The agency said that this was the first arrest by the Department of the Attorney General.

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