Two tourists visiting Hawaii over the weekend have been arrested after they were found to have breached state safety regulations by falsifying vaccination cards.
The Hawaii Attorney General's Office told The Hill in Friday that two men — identified by USA Today as Norbert Chang, 57, and Trevor Chang, 19, from the U.S. mainland — were detained at Daniel K. Inouye Airport in Honolulu on Sunday.
Gary Yamashiroya , a spokesman for the state's attorney general, said the two hikers were charged Thursday morning and now face up to one year in prison, as well as a maximum $5,000 fine.
The men were found to have violated the Hawaiian program Safe Travels, which requires all travelers from any part of the United States to provide proof of vaccination, h To avoid the mandatory 10-day quarantine upon arrival.
Yamashiroya noted that the Attorney General's Office «will hold accountable anyone who tries to violate the rules of Safe Travels, created to keep our islands safe.»
Hawaii Gov. David Age also referred to the arrests at his press conference on the pandemic, saying the men would be held accountable «to the fullest extent of the law.»
Earlier this month, two passengers en route from the US to Canada , were fined nearly $16,000 when authorities discovered they provided fake COVID-19 vaccination credentials.
