A girl has been arrested on suspicion of impersonating a registered nurse and overseeing the care of some 60 sufferers at a Burbank hospital, authorities mentioned.
Burbank police detectives say it wasn’t the primary time that Amanda Leeann Porter, 44, of Virginia, pretended to be a nurse.
Previous to the incident at Windfall Saint Joseph Medical Middle, Porter posted bail and was launched from the custody of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Division on suspicion of committing the same offense at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita, in response to the Burbank Police Division.
Burbank police detectives mentioned they realized throughout their investigation that Porter had obtained employment with numerous native hospitals utilizing quite a lot of false identities.
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County district lawyer’s workplace filed felony prices of id theft, false impersonation and grand theft towards Porter, in response to Burbank police.
She was arraigned Wednesday and is being held at L.A. County Central Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood — this time with out bail, detectives mentioned.
Porter labored at Windfall Saint Joseph from April 8 to Could 8, throughout which period she acquired two paychecks, detectives mentioned. Hospital employees contacted the Police Division in Could after discovering Porter was impersonating an actual registered nurse who lived out of state, detectives mentioned.
Porter can be on federal probation for a fraud violation in Virginia, detectives mentioned.
In 2017, a lady named Amanda Porter-Eley pleaded responsible to impersonating a nurse and committing financial institution fraud in Virginia, in response to the U.S. Division of Justice.
The Burbank Police Division wouldn’t verify whether or not Amanda Leeann Porter and Amanda Porter-Eley are the identical particular person, citing the continued investigation. Nonetheless, their ages match, and in prior courtroom filings Amanda Porter-Eley’s title can be listed as Amanda L. Porter.
Porter-Eley was discovered responsible of impersonating a registered nurse in Virginia and dealing for six months as a nursing supervisor with out the required licenses, in response to the U.S. Division of Justice. On the time, the nurse she was impersonating was residing out of state in New York, prosecutors mentioned.
Starting in September 2015, Porter-Eley used the nurse’s stolen id to open a number of financial institution accounts and acquire greater than $450,000 in money, loans, items and providers, together with not less than three autos and one property, in response to the Justice Division. She continued to make use of the false id till her arrest in 2016 and brought on greater than $120,000 in losses to banks and retailers.
Porter-Eley additionally pleaded responsible to opening financial institution accounts utilizing different folks’s Social Safety numbers, thereby acquiring practically $50,000 in nugatory checks, in response to the Justice Division.
