Without going into further detail at this point, sexual health checks and screening dating back to at least 2022 have been found to have been forged at at least two adult venues in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District. Currently it is unclear as to whether it was done independently by several workers or if their management/others were aware.

What is confirmed are the identities of several people whose details were used as the basis of the forgeries, the people using the forgeries to continue sex work, and of those performing them. Whether or not they were infected with anything is unknown; it is confirmed that at least one venue in the region accepted tests for possible exposures to blood-borne viruses (such as hepatitis, HIV) well before they would show up on even the most accurate of tests (example: a HIV test taken one day after possible exposure will not detect an infection; but a test taken one day after an exposure would still be accepted as negative for up to three months (by which time the infected person would be testing positive to PCR, Western Blot, and ELISA testing.))

Details to come. NSW Health has been contacted, confirmatory checks of the forgeries will be carried out and referred to law enforcement.

Extent of the forgeries was discovered less than 16 hours ago while matters of fraud were being investigated.