A federal grand jury’s indictment charges Leticia Gallarzo with wire fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft, two counts of making false statements in medical records affecting health care benefit programs, and production of a false identification document.
The Allegan woman represented herself as a registered nurse gaining employment at a west Michigan hospice facility. But when that facility ran her fingerprints, it revealed the 48-year old’s past; a federal conviction in Texas where Gallarzo also practiced without a license in 2015 and 2016.
Now in Michigan, she’s charged with identity theft. Gallarzo is accused of using the license number and name of a registered nurse to fraudulently obtain employment.
She also misrepresented herself as having earned a master’s degree in nursing from The George Washington University. As it turns out, federal investigators discovered she possesses no degrees in nursing.
If convicted, Gallarzo faces a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
