By Sara Schilling
Centre Daily Times
DENVER 鈥� A 鈥渇raudulent EMT鈥� is accused of providing medical care to more than 100 people even though he wasn鈥檛 certified, Colorado officials said.
Lauren Wilson, 53, was indicted in connection with unauthorized practice of medicine while fraudulently representing to be a certified professional, along with other charges, the Colorado Attorney General鈥檚 Office said in a June 4 news release.
McClatchy News couldn鈥檛 immediately find attorney information for Wilson on June 6 .
Wilson was granted a paramedic certificate in 2009, officials said, citing the indictment, but about two years, later state health officials learned he 鈥渉ad an undisclosed criminal history under a different spelling of his name that constituted grounds to revoke his certification.鈥�
His certificate expired in 2012 before the revocation process was done, and 鈥渉e has not been certified or licensed to provide emergency medical services in Colorado since 2012,鈥� according to officials.
A decade later, in 2022, state health officials learned 鈥淲ilson had resumed working as a paramedic in an ambulance company despite not being certified, providing unauthorized medical care to over 100 patients,鈥� officials said.
They added that, 鈥淚n most instances, he was the only purported paramedic in the ambulance when transporting patients in critical condition to hospital emergency rooms鈥� and 鈥渙n some occasions, Wilson made the medical decision to transport patients against their will or without their consent.鈥�
Wilson reapplied to be certified as a paramedic in 2022, giving a false birthdate and falsely saying he鈥檇 鈥渘ever been charged or convicted of a misdemeanor or felony offense,鈥� officials said.
He also started working for medical services companies in 2021 and 2022 by saying he had a paramedic certification when he did not, according to officials, who said he submitted a forged driver鈥檚 license.
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He was arrested in late May and later released on bond, officials said.
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