A Las Vegas woman who authorities say posed as a nurse while treating diabetic children has now admitted it in court. On Wednesday, Crystal Scott pleaded guilty to two felony counts, practicing nursing without a license and forgery, after an investigation that prosecutors say turned up forged medical orders and prescriptions used in schools and at a private clinic.
Scott entered the plea at an arraignment, standing beside her attorney as she acknowledged the charges. Each felony carries a potential prison term of one to four years, and sentencing is set for Aug. 12. The plea came after prosecutors scaled back a broader indictment as part of a deal, according to KSNV.
Arrest and allegations
Scott was arrested in October after Clark County School District staff spotted irregular medical orders for students, triggering an LVMPD investigation. Officers executed a search warrant at a clinic on Las Vegas Boulevard and seized what investigators described as dangerous drugs, insulin pumps and other injectable medications. Court documents allege Scott caused insulin and other drugs to be furnished to at least a dozen children, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
How prosecutors say she operated
Investigators and court records say Scott ran a business marketed as a diabetes concierge service and used forged physician signatures, along with the license number of another nurse, to obtain prescriptions and medical orders. Those allegations were detailed by Law & Crime, and Hoodline first covered the original arrest in October in a story titled Impostor in Scrubs Busted.
Parents and camp concerns
One parent told News 3 that Scott allegedly provided insulin or insulin-related care to at least one cabin of campers at a diabetes summer camp, a claim that intensified already simmering worries among families about how unlicensed care could reach children. As reported by KSNV, prosecutors say she used the stolen credentials to work first in a doctor’s office and later at her own practice.
What she faces in court
Before Scott’s guilty plea, the case was stacked high with allegations. Prosecutors and court filings indicated the matter could involve more than 70 separate counts, including forgery, child endangerment and furnishing dangerous drugs to minors. With the plea now on the record, a judge will weigh the agreed sentencing terms at the Aug. 12 hearing and decide which of the remaining counts, if any, will be dismissed or left standing, according to reporting by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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