A woman is accused of working as a nurse in Cobb County, even though she wasn’t licensed.
For a number of months, Corissa Laws cared for eight different people with developmental disabilities who all needed around the clock care from a licensed nurse.
But police said Laws used someone’s nursing license from Florida to get the job.
Laws is charged with practicing nursing without a license and aggravated identity fraud.
It is unclear how Laws gained access to the Florida nursing license that she used, but Channel 2 spoke with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger about how to protect yourself from identity fraud.
“Many of the credit reporting agencies have notifications you can get, so you can sign up for that,” Raffensperger said.
Raffensperger added that while his office tries to do robust checks on employee/employer information as much as possible, “there are always bad actors that are looking to game the system.”
As for the nurse in Florida whose employment information was stolen, she spoke with Channel 2 anonymously and said she is glad an arrest was made.
Police haven’t released additional details at this time.