DENVER -- A man who worked for American Medical Response pleaded guiltyWednesday to falsifying his credential as a paramedic.Todd Teel, 41, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of criminal impersonation.Teel, who was not a state-certified paramedic, provided American MedicalResponse of Denver with a falsified certificate attesting to his paramedicstatus, the attorney general's office said.The complaint, which was filed last October, alleged that Teel operated inAMR ambulances as a paramedic between June 2006 and December 2007.Teel could face a prison term of up to 1.5 years, and a maximum $100,000fine, when he is sentenced on March 6.Teel left AMR in December 2007 and currently is living in Wyoming. He isfree on a $5,000 bond.The Attorney General's Office said it is not aware of any patients who wereharmed by Teel's lack of certification as a paramedic. The case wasinvestigated by the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, whichprobes allegations of fraud and patient abuse in federally-funded healthcare programs. AMR Ambulance cooperated fully with the investigation, theattorney general's office said.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Fake Paramedic Admits Forging Certificate
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