New York state health officials are investigating whether a Brooklyn-based health network has “fraudulently” obtained and distributed Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. In a statement released Saturday, New York State Health Department Commissioner Howard Zucker said investigators are looking into reports that ParCare Community Health Network, which runs facilities in Brooklyn, Orange County, and Manhattan, “may have fraudulently obtained [the] COVID-19 vaccine [and] transferred it to facilities in other parts of the state” that then administered it to members of the public. This alleged diversion goes against New York State’s plan to vaccinate frontline healthcare workers and nursing home residents and staffers before anyone else, Zucker said. “We take this very seriously and DOH will be assisting State Police in a criminal investigation into this matter,” Zucker added. “Anyone found to have knowingly participated in this scheme will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.” The investigation came after …