(BURBANK, Calif.) — A woman faces felony charges after allegedly being hired as a nurse at several California hospitals using “a variety of false identities” despite not having a nursing license , according to the Burbank Police Department.

Amanda Leeann Porter, 44, posed as a nurse at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. She allegedly applied for and obtained a nursing job at the medical center and supervised about 60 patients between April 8 and May 8, according to police.

Hospital staff soon discovered they were looking at a real registered nurse who lived out of state, according to police.

By the time she was fired from the hospital, she had received two paychecks, police said.

She does not have a nursing license and is on federal probation for a fraud violation committed in Virginia, police said.

During their investigation, police discovered that she had previously obtained employment at various local hospitals using a variety of false identities, police said.

Porter was arrested on Nov. 7 after leaving town Los Angeles County sheriff’s custody for a similar act committed at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita, police said.

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged Porter with felony identity theft, felony impersonation and felony grand larceny.

She was arraigned Wednesday and is currently being held without bail at the Lynwood Central Regional Detention Center in Los Angeles County, police said.

Police believe she may have committed similar crimes in the Southern California area within the past year and are asking anyone with information to come forward.

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