Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A 29-year-old woman is accused of posing as a nurse, including treating 4,486 hospital patients without a license, the Flagler County Sheriff's Office in northeast Florida said Wednesday.
Autumn Bardisa, of Palm Coast, was arrested on Tuesday after illegally providing care at AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway in Palm Coast from July 2023 until she was fired on Jan. 22, the sheriff's office said.
"This is one of the most disturbing cases of medical fraud we've ever investigated," Sheriff Rick Staly said in a statement on Wednesday. "This woman potentially put thousands of lives at risk by pretending to be someone she was not and violating the trust of patients, their families, AdventHealth and an entire medical community."
He added she can "now be held accountable for her reckless and dangerous actions."
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