A former physician has been sentenced to 10 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for seeking medical employment using a stolen identity, according to a Jan. 5 Justice Department news release.
What happened?
- Angela Boston sought employment on the medical staff of the Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority in Oklahoma in April 2023 using the stolen identity of a St. Louis physician.
- She submitted forged diplomas in the physician’s name and a fake Missouri medical license with her application. The physician later discovered Ms. Boston had also used her name and personal information to seek employment elsewhere.
- The physician targeted in the employment scheme was the same person whose identity Ms. Boston previously used to illegally obtain controlled substances, according to the release.
- Ms. Boston pleaded guilty in 2020 to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or forgery. She admitted using her own prescription pad to write and sign numerous controlled substance prescriptions using other people’s names, including prescriptions for hydrocodone and oxycodone, and then posing as a patient to fill them.
- She also used another physician’s prescription pad, name and Drug Enforcement Administration number to write additional controlled substance prescriptions for herself.
