Woman With Revoked Nursing License Arrested For ID Fraud

 A Chandler resident, Laura Lynn Bell, whose nursing license was revoked for insurance fraud after she allegedly used a stolen identity to try and obtain a new nursing license, has been arrested.

Arizona Department of Transportation detectives, arrested Bell, age 40, for using a falsified Arizona driver license and a Superior Court name change form to petition her alma mater, the University of South Alabama, to change the name on her official transcripts to another person’s name in an attempt to get a new nursing license.

According to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), the university became suspicious of Bell’s request and contacted the Arizona State Board of Nursing, which in turn contacted the Arizona Department of Insurance, which brought the original insurance fraud case against her. Those agencies requested assistance from ADOT’s Office of Inspector General since a forged credential was involved.

When ADOT detectives served a warrant at Bell’s home on Dec. 12, they found forged court documents and other papers listing the other individual’s name. They also obtained a forged driver license created on Bell’s computer.

Bell was arrested and booked at the Fourth Avenue Jail on new counts of forgery and identity fraud in addition to the insurance fraud case previously brought against her.

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