Alleged fake nurse who operated on Vancouver Island arrested in U.S.
Charrybelle Talaue taken into custody with help from U.S. Secret Service, Central Saanich police say
A woman charged with forgery and impersonation for allegedly misrepresenting herself as a nurse has been arrested in the U.S., according to police in Central Saanich.
In a news release, the Central Saanich Police Department said Charrybelle Talaue was taken into custody with help from the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after she fled the province while awaiting trial.
Talaue, who was found in Idaho, is now in custody in Canada. She is scheduled to appear in Victoria court on May 12.
Talaue was charged in 2023 with multiple counts of fraud, forgery and impersonation after she allegedly used fake documents to apply for a nursing job. Police say they believe her offences began in December 2023 and happened throughout the region.
Talaue is not and has never been registered as a nurse.
Advisories from both the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives and College of Registered Nurses of Alberta in 2023 warned she may be posing as a nurse to get work in hospitals.
Police said they believe Talaue has applied for and worked in other health-care jobs in B.C. and Alberta under a number of aliases, which include Charrybelle Perez Talaue, Charrybelle Talaue Baldesancho, Belle Talaue, Belle Marie, Charrybelle Baldesancho, Charie Talaue, Yves Anglehart, Belle Yves Talaue Anglehart and Yves Belle Anglehart.
With files from Bethany Lindsay