A former doctor from Missouri, who impersonated another physician in a bid to obtain medical employment, has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison, along with three years of supervised release, as announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri on Monday.
U.S. District Judge Zachary M. Bluestone handed down the sentence to Angela K. Boston, 40, who was previously known as Angela Williams before her marriage. Prosecutors revealed that in April 2023, Boston attempted to join the medical staff at the Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority in Oklahoma by using the stolen identity of a physician from St. Louis.
Court documents indicate that Boston submitted forged diplomas bearing the victim doctor’s name, along with a counterfeit Missouri medical license, as part of her application for the job. The victim later discovered that Boston had also used her name and personal information to pursue additional medical employment.
U.S. District Judge Zachary M. Bluestone handed down the sentence to Angela K. Boston, 40, who was previously known as Angela Williams before her marriage. Prosecutors revealed that in April 2023, Boston attempted to join the medical staff at the Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority in Oklahoma by using the stolen identity of a physician from St. Louis.
Court documents indicate that Boston submitted forged diplomas bearing the victim doctor’s name, along with a counterfeit Missouri medical license, as part of her application for the job. The victim later discovered that Boston had also used her name and personal information to pursue additional medical employment.
In a sentencing memorandum, Assistant U.S. Attorney Gwendolyn Carroll wrote that Boston targeted the same physician whose identity she had previously misused to obtain controlled substances illegally. Carroll said Boston “spent years victimizing someone who has done nothing wrong.”
Boston’s criminal conduct dates back several years. In 2020, she pleaded guilty to obtaining controlled substances by fraud or forgery. She admitted writing and signing prescriptions for painkillers such as hydrocodone and oxycodone using other people’s names on her own prescription pad, then posing as a patient to have them filled. She also used another doctor’s prescription pad, name and Drug Enforcement Administration number to write additional fraudulent prescriptions for herself.
Boston pleaded guilty in October in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of identity theft in connection with the job application scheme.
Federal authorities emphasized the danger posed by impersonation in the medical field. “When a fraudster steals the identity of a physician to secure medical employment, the integrity of our health care system and the safety and well-being of patients are put at risk,” said Linda T. Hanley, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. She said the agency will continue to aggressively investigate health care fraud to protect public programs and patients.
