A 35-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to false statements related to healthcare matters, announced US Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Nora Nely Avila admitted that from January 2017 through December 2019, she impersonated a nurse and performed work she was not licensed to do at multiple hospitals and home health companies in the Laredo area. These healthcare providers hired Avila after she fraudulently presented a nursing license of another individual. The patients and healthcare providers were part of the federally funded Medicaid and Medicare programs. Avila also obtained employment as nurse trainer in the federally funded Job Corps program and was assigned to train future nurses. In total, Avila received $52,241.66 in compensation for working as a licensed nurse when she was not licensed to do so.
