Pennsylvania state police ask health companies to examine their jobs when investing a woman who would have used at least 10 alias Place as an infirmer for five years.
Shannon Nicole Womack, 39, would have used alias to pretend to be an approved practical nurse, an authorized nurse and a supervisor in rehabilitation and nursing homes across the State, according to a police force press release.
She faces several accusations, including corrupt organizations, endangering the well-being of care, the illegal use of a computer, an identity theft, an infringement, an illegal flight and several other accusations, the state police announced.
“She is responsible for guaranteeing nursing positions through recruitment agencies by submitting fraudulently signed documents and creating a false LLC to deploy in jobs. The reports indicate that Womack worked for each of these jobs for only a short time,” said state police.
If one of his alias corresponds to employment files, the facilities are asked to call the State police.
Investigators confirmed that some of the names she used 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 is not known if she has kept a lawyer.
The Bureau of Criminal Investigation began to investigate Womack in April after a routine traffic stop at Pittsburgh, during which they claim to have presented a false identity document, according to the criminal complaint. Police said his vehicle was registered in Georgia, but that the registration had expired.
Inside the vehicle, soldiers say they have found several forms of identity, prescription drugs from various nursing institutions prescribed to residents, medical documents, patients for patients and medical equipment, according to the complaint.
Womack has had several mandates in several states linked to the fraud and the identity of a nurse, according to soldiers of the state.
The authorities allege that it has used the identity of four real health workers from several southern states to get a job in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Jersey, Indiana, Tennessee and Georgia. An affidavit of probable cause stipulates that she is not a health professional approved in any state.
According to the Affidavit, it was also listed on the Georgia “Nursing Import Alerts” website. The state prosecutor of the State issued an order to stop and abstain, but could not locate it.
In Pennsylvania, nine employers had placed Womack on the status of “not to keep” due to a professional fault before his arrest, according to the investigators.
The authorities allegedly alleged that seven social security numbers were connected to Womack and accused him of using false references to secure jobs and create an endowment agency can do work to herself.
“She crossed appropriate host agency channels, then created hers, like her own false secretary, responding to the phone call, giving it,” said Pennsylvania state soldier Rocco Gagliardi, at a press conference on Monday. “She took a lot of time and efforts to be approved by these different agencies.”
During a brief visit to Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care in the county of Washington, Pennsylvania, Womack would have diverted the oxycodone pills for residents, according to a criminal complaint. Investigators said she was in charge of the medical trolley during her quarter of work and had not distributed drugs to residents.
“Five residents were affected by said acts because more than 120 oxycodone 5 mg pills were missing,” said the Affidavit.
Womack would have worked in the establishment in March for a quarter of work before being placed on the status of “not to keep” due to a professional fault, according to the Affidavit.
“This is an act or vile acts, I must say not only by taking advantage of the older citizens in this way,” said the District of the County of Washington, Jason Walsh, at a press conference.
Police said the program dates back to the first days of the pandemic cochem when the need for nursing staff was essential.
“It was not uncommon for these various residence locations, the agencies to reach out to the reception agencies and say that we need additional changes filled,” said Gagliardi. “It started in 2020 and it was such an easy transition. It continued to continue.”