Scam artist Joann Wingate has been preying on unsuspecting truck drivers since 2009. Her latest victim was picked up outside a truck stop in an old Ford Tempo and driven to a residence for his “medical exam”.

If this seems like a strange practice, then you’d be right to be suspicious. The driver paid $65 for a fake medical exam. He was given a fake physical, took a fake drug test, and had his paperwork faxed to the California DOT. When authorities contacted him about irregularities in the paperwork, the truck driver informed the police.

The scam artist was a chiropractor with a suspended license. After the state discovered Wingate was giving bogus medical exams this past fall, they suspended her license indefinitely. In order to continue giving physicals to truckers, Wingate took the identity of a local licensed psychiatrist with the same last name and used that information to submit medical forms.

The fake doctor has been charged with forgery, identity theft, impersonation, fraud and other related offenses. She is out on a $10,000 bail.

The lesson? Don’t make appointments with strange doctors outside truck stops. For that matter, don’t make an appointment with any doctor that isn’t FMCSA-certified.