Fraudulent EMT indicted after providing unlicensed medical care to over 100 patients
June 4, 2025 (DENVER) – The statewide grand jury indicted Lauren Wilson, 53, for falsely claiming to be a certified paramedic and fraudulently practicing medicine without a license, Attorney General Phil Weiser announced today.
“In Colorado, fraudulently representing oneself as a certified medical professional is a crime. It’s also illegal to submit false information to obtain state certification. We are committed to holding accountable those who engage in this harmful conduct and protecting victims and their health care,” said Attorney General Weiser.
According to the indictment returned on May 1, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued a paramedic certificate to Wilson in 2009. In 2011, CDPHE became aware that Wilson had an undisclosed criminal history under a different spelling of his name that constituted grounds to revoke his certification. In 2012, before CDPHE could complete the revocation process, Wilson’s paramedic certificate expired. He has not been certified or licensed to provide emergency medical services in Colorado since 2012.
In 2022, CDPHE became aware that Wilson had resumed working as a paramedic in an ambulance company despite not being certified, providing unauthorized medical care to over 100 patients. In most instances, he was the only purported paramedic in the ambulance when transporting patients in critical condition to hospital emergency rooms. On some occasions, Wilson made the medical decision to transport patients against their will or without their consent.
On Sept. 29, 2022, Wilson reapplied for paramedic certification. In his application, he falsified his birth date and falsely represented that he had never been charged or convicted of a misdemeanor or felony offense. He also submitted a background report that was based on the false birth date and did not identify his criminal history.
Furthermore, in 2021 and again in 2022, Wilson gained employment with medical services companies by falsely represented that he was certified as a paramedic. He also submitted to both companies a forged Colorado driver license reflecting a false birth date, with the apparent purpose of concealing his criminal history.
The indictment charges Wilson with one count of attempting to influence a public servant, a class 4 felony; two counts of forgery of a government issued document, a class 5 felony; and five counts of unauthorized practice of medicine while fraudulently representing to be a certified professional, a class 6 felony. Wilson was arrested May 29 and released from the Aurora Municipal Detention Center on a $50,000 bond.
The investigation was conducted by the Special Prosecutions Unit of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. The case is being prosecuted in Arapahoe County District Court under case number 25CR1089. Read the statewide grand jury indictment (PDF).
A grand jury indictment is a formal accusation that an individual committed a crime under Colorado laws. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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