Fake nurse with long history of impersonation worked at Vancouver hospital for a year, police say | CBC News

A woman with a long history of impersonation in other parts of Canada has been arrested and charged in Vancouver for allegedly posing as a nurse while working at B.C.

Brigitte Cleroux, 49, has been charged with fraud over $5,000 and personation with intent, according to a statement from the Vancouver Police Department (VPD).

"We don't yet know how many people in Vancouver may have received treatment from the fraudulent nurse, but we're working with the Provincial Health Services Authority to identify patients who may have had contact with her," VPD Const.

The hospital is operated by the Provincial Health Services Authority, which said it is working with police and will be reaching out to patients who received care from Cleroux.

College of Nurses and Midwives confirmed that it issued a warning about Cleroux in June, which said she had never been registered to work as a nurse in this province.

She was charged in Ottawa this past summer after she allegedly faked being a nurse at a medical and dental clinic in the country's capital.

Vancouver officers say they worked closely with the Ottawa Police Service on their investigation.

In the past, Cleroux had admitted to forging a registered nurse certificate to support a job application, giving police fake identification and impersonating a former roommate with a birth certificate in the roommate's name to get a fake ID.