A 44-year-old woman faces identity theft and impersonation charges after two hospitals hired her.

A woman has been arrested for impersonating a nurse and working at several California hospitals without a license.

The Burbank Police Department arrested Amanda Leeann Porter on Nov. 7 after hospital staff at the city’s Saint Joseph Medical Center reported that she looked like a nurse while caring for patients, police said in the a statement.

Police alleged that Porter, originally from Virginia, fraudulently applied for a job at the hospital and was hired. She cared for about 60 patients, according to the statement, between April 8 and May 8 before staff realized they were looking at a real nurse who did not live in California.

“When Porter was fired, she received two paychecks for the time she was fraudulently employed,” police added.

Porter, 44 — who police said did not have a nursing license — is also accused of committing a similar crime at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles.

“During this investigation, detectives learned that Porter continued to obtain employment at various local hospitals using a variety of false identities,” the police statement said.

Porter was released from the custody of the LA County Sheriff’s Department after he was arrested in Santa Clarita, according to police.

Porter faces charges of identity theft, felony identity theft and grand larceny. According to the LA County District Attorney’s office, Porter pleaded not guilty to all charges on Wednesday, November 13.

“Ms. Porter’s alleged actions are deeply disturbing and egregious as she defrauded patients and medical professionals alike, betraying the trust of those who rely on our medical community in their most vulnerable time of need,” District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement. statement.

“We recognize the deep distress this situation may have caused those who were treated by the defendant,” the statement continued. “Our office will work tirelessly to hold this individual accountable and ensure that justice is served.”

The Los Angeles Times reported that Porter is also on federal probation for a fraud violation in Virginia and that a woman named Amanda Porter-Eley pleaded guilty to impersonating a nurse and committing bank fraud in the state.

The Post reported that Burbank police have not confirmed whether Amanda Leeann Porter and Amanda Porter-Eley are the same person, but that their ages match and previous court filings have used both names.

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Porter-Eley was convicted of impersonating a nurse in Virginia and served six months as an unlicensed nursing supervisor, the US Department of Justice saidconformable Times. The woman was accused of using the nurse’s identity from September 2015 to 2016 to open bank accounts and take out loans for cash, services and goods worth about $450,000.

Burbank police said Porter is being held without bond at the LA County Central Regional Detention Center in Lynwood.

Authorities are now seeking more information about Porters case, with Burbank police saying she “may have committed additional similar crimes in the Southern California area during the past year.”

Anyone with additional information is asked to contact local law enforcement or Burbank detectives at (818) 238-3210.