{STREETZ MORNING TAKEOVER} FAKE DOCTOR IN COBB COUNTY

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AFTER 15 YEARS SHE HAS BEEN CAUGHT 

 

A woman plead guilty in Federal court to pretending to be a doctor.She entered her plea in an Alabama federal court and admitted to running clinics in Arkansas and Kansas as well as Georgia.

 

According the indictment, she made charges on the credit cards of Alabama patients totaling about $9,000. She operated that clinic in Hoover out of an herb shop.Gervais pleaded guilty to one charge each of wire fraud affecting a financial institution, aggravated identity theft and making false statements.

 

She faces a maximum of 37 years and fines up to $1.25 million. She already agreed to forfeit $108,146 she gained from the illegal activity.Gervais has been in Alabama’s Shelby County jail since March 24, according to the jail’s online database. Prosecutors said she is set to be sentenced in November.

 

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