Pennsylvania Police Seek Help After 'imposter Nurse' Allegedly Used Aliases To Land Jobs

The Pennsylvania State Police is asking healthcare companies to reappraisal their employment records arsenic it investigates a female who allegedly utilized astatine slightest 10 aliases to airs arsenic a caregiver for 5 years.

Shannon Nicole Womack, 39, allegedly utilized nan aliases to airs arsenic a licensed applicable nurse, a registered nurse, and a registered caregiver supervisor astatine rehabilitation and nursing homes crossed nan state, according to a constabulary press release.

She is facing respective charges, including corrupt organizations, endangering nan use of care, unlawful usage of a computer, personality theft, forgery, theft by unlawful taking, and aggregate different charges, authorities constabulary said.

"She is charged pinch securing nan nursing positions done staffing agencies by submitting fraudulently signed documents and besides by creating a mendacious LLC to deploy herself to jobs. Reports bespeak Womack worked astatine each of these jobs for only a short time," authorities constabulary said.

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If immoderate of her aliases lucifer employment records, nan accommodation are asked to telephone nan authorities police.

Investigators confirmed that immoderate of nan names she utilized were Shannon Nicole Parham, Shannon Nicole Abiola, Shannon Nicole Armstrong, Shannon Abiola-Parham, Shannon Nicole Grimes, Shannon Nicole Lawson, Shannon Nicole Lethco, Shannon Nicole Robinson, Shannon Lee Lawson, and Shannon Nicole Womack.

It’s unclear whether she has retained an attorney.

The Bureau of Criminal Investigation began investigating Womack successful April aft a regular postulation extremity successful Pittsburgh, during which they declare she presented a clone ID, according to nan criminal complaint. Police opportunity her conveyance was registered successful Georgia, but nan registration had expired.

Inside nan vehicle, troopers opportunity they recovered respective forms of ID, medicine medications from different nursing accommodation that were prescribed to residents, aesculapian documents, diligent logs and aesculapian equipment, according to nan complaint.

Womack had aggregate warrants successful respective states related to fraud and impersonating a nurse, according to authorities troopers.

Authorities allege she utilized nan identities of 4 existent healthcare workers from aggregate confederate states to get employment successful Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey, Indiana, Tennessee, and Georgia. A probable origin affidavit states that she is not a licensed aesculapian master successful immoderate state.

She was besides listed connected nan Georgia "Nursing Imposter Alerts" site, according to nan affidavit. The State’s Attorney General issued a cease and desist order, but could not find her.

In Pennsylvania, 9 employers had placed Womack connected "Do Not Retain" position owed to master misconduct earlier her arrest, according to investigators.

Authorities alleged that 7 Social Security numbers were connected to Womack and accused her of utilizing clone references to unafraid jobs and creating a phony staffing agency to chimney activity to herself.

"She was going done due big agency channels and past created her own, arsenic for illustration her ain clone secretary, answering nan telephone call, giving it to herself," Pennsylvania State Trooper Rocco Gagliardi said astatine a Monday news conference. "She put a batch of clip and effort to get approved from these different agencies."

During a little stint astatine Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care successful Washington County, Pennsylvania, Womack allegedly diverted oxycodone pills intended for residents, according to a criminal complaint. Investigators stated that she was successful complaint of nan aesculapian cart during her displacement and grounded to administer medicine to residents.

"Five residents were affected by said acts arsenic complete 120 oxycodone 5mg pills were missing," nan affidavit reads.

Womack allegedly worked astatine nan installation successful March for 1 displacement earlier being placed connected "do not retain" position owed to master misconduct, according to nan affidavit.

"This is simply a vile enactment aliases acts, I should say, not only taking advantage of older citizens successful this way," Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh said astatine a news conference.

Police said nan strategy dates backmost to nan early days of nan COVID pandemic erstwhile nan request for nursing unit was critical.

"It wasn’t uncommon for these different residence locations, agencies to scope retired to big agencies and say, we request immoderate other shifts filled," said Gagliardi. "That started successful 2020 and it was specified an easy transition. She conscionable kept going aft that."