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Autumn Marie Bardisa, 29, of Palm Coast, participated in medical
services involving 4,486 people from June 2024 until January
2025, the Flagler County Sheriff's Office said.
“This is one of the most disturbing cases of medical fraud we’ve
ever investigated,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said in
announcing the arrest.
Bardisa was apprehended in the driveway of her home Tuesday and
is jailed on multiple charges that include practicing health
care without a license, sheriff's officials said. She's being
held on $70,000 bond and is due in court for a Sept. 2
arraignment.
No lawyer who could speak on behalf of Bardisa was listed in
local court records.
The sheriff’s office said Bardisa used another health care
worker's license number and submitted false documentation in
order to be employed as an advanced nurse technician at
AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway in Palm Coast.
“This woman potentially put thousands of lives at risk by
pretending to be someone she was not and violating the trust of
patients, their families, AdventHealth and an entire medical
community," Staly said.
Officials say they've set up a special email, fakenursecase@flaglersheriff.com,
and are asking anyone who thinks they might have been a victim
in the case to email the sheriff's office.
Palm Coast is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) south of
Jacksonville, Florida.
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