Serial Nurse Impersonator Brigitte Cleroux Sentenced to Seven Years in B.C.

Cleroux, with a history of fraud and impersonation across North America, posed as a nurse and treated hundreds of patients in British Columbia without medical qualifications.

• Brigitte Cleroux, 52, was sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court to seven years in prison for crimes including fraud, impersonation, assault, and forgery committed between 2019 and 2021.
• Cleroux worked at B.C. Women’s Hospital and other medical facilities using stolen and forged credentials, directly treating over 1,000 patients, many without their knowledge or consent.
• This new sentence will add three to four years to her current seven-year term in Ontario for similar offenses, bringing her total prison time to approximately 11 years.
• Cleroux has a criminal history spanning decades, with 67 convictions for fraud, theft, and impersonation across Canada and the U.S., including a pending case in Colorado.
• Victims and patients described feeling betrayed and losing trust in the healthcare system, while Cleroux expressed remorse during her sentencing hearing.

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