A Northeast Florida woman has been arrested after allegedly impersonating a registered nurse and providing medical care to thousands of unsuspecting patients over the course of 18 months, the Flagler County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday.

Autumn Bardisa, 29, from Palm Coast, was charged with seven counts of practicing a health care profession without a license and seven counts of fraudulent use of personal identification information, after a seven-month investigation involving local, state, and federal agencies, the sheriff's office said in a news release .

"This is one of the most disturbing cases of medical fraud we've ever investigated," Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said. "This woman potentially put thousands of lives at risk by pretending to be someone she was not and vi

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