A woman who posed as a nurse managed to treat more than 4,000 patients before being caught, in a “disturbing” alleged mass medical fraud. Per the New York Post, Autumn Bardisa stole a former classmate’s RN license number and forged paperwork to land a nursing job at AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway in Florida in June 2023. Over the subsequent 19 months, the 29-year-old fraudster was reported to have treated 4,486 patients—administering meds, starting IVs, and charting care—despite never passing the national board exam, according to the outlet. Bardisa was allegedly such a successful liar that her ruse only unraveled in January when HR checked her file while awarding her a promotion and found she held only an expired nursing-assistant certificate and then fired her. Flagler County deputies arrested Bardisa at her Palm Coast home on August 5, and she is now jailed on a $70,000 bond while facing seven felony counts, each for unlicensed practice and identity fraud. Sheriff Rick Staly called it “one of the most disturbing cases of medical fraud” he had ever seen. The Sheriff’s Department is urging anyone who believes they may be a victim of Bardisa to email fakenursecase@flaglersheriff.com for more information.
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