This week, following an investigation by the Medicaid Fraud and Elder Abuse Bureau of the New Mexico Department of Justice (NMDOJ), a Doña Ana County grand jury issued an indictment against Margarita Gonzalez for allegedly assuming the identities of nurses in Texas to gain employment in four Las Cruces nursing facilities and illegally providing care to patients—including an incident that could have been fatal. Gonzalez has been charged with 34 counts of misconduct including Identity Theft, Nursing Without a License, Abuse of a Resident, Distribution of Controlled Substances to a Minor, and Fraud totaling over $25,000 and more. If convicted on all counts, the defendant could face up to 100 years in prison.