Overview

• Thomasina E. Amponsah pleaded guilty on August 14 to false statements related to health care matters and aggravated identity theft.
• Between September 2019 and August 2023 she worked as a supposed RN and LPN at at least 40 Maryland facilities using stolen nursing license numbers and fabricated credentials.
• Healthcare providers billed Medicare and Medicaid for her services and she collected more than $100,000 in wages under false pretenses.
• She admitted to failing to administer prescribed medications, falsifying patient records and forging a physician’s signature on a controlled Tramadol prescription.
• Sentencing is set for November 12, when she faces up to five years for healthcare-related false statements and a mandatory two-year consecutive term for identity theft.