Authorities in Arizona have arrested 41-year-old Christine Nyambura Muturi, also known as Christine Lewis, after she allegedly infiltrated the hospice care system using a stolen nursing license.
The Mesa resident is accused of caring for vulnerable patients despite having no legitimate nursing credentials in any U.S. state.
According to AZ Family, Muturi secured a job at Northern Arizona Hospice in Cottonwood by presenting herself as a “compassionate and highly skilled” professional nurse.
Her application claimed more than four years of hospice experience and included a role as a triage nurse at a Las Vegas hospital between 2019 and 2022. She supported these claims with what appeared to be a valid multistate Colorado nursing license.
For a time, the deception went unnoticed. Muturi was allowed to participate in patient visits, including one she conducted alone on August 15.
But during a routine review of staff credentials, NAZ administrators noticed a discrepancy: the license number she submitted had been issued in 1980, four years before Muturi was born.
Further investigation revealed the license belonged to a real registered nurse decades older, who said she had never heard of Muturi and had not given permission for her identity to be used.
When confronted, Muturi abruptly resigned from NAZ. Investigators say she soon appeared at another facility, Golden Rose Hospice in Mesa, prompting NAZ to alert Cottonwood Police and file a report.
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office launched a formal investigation, ultimately confirming that Muturi had never held a nursing license anywhere in the United States.
On November 13, 2025, an undercover agent met her under the pretence of discussing a proposed hospice project. During that meeting, Muturi again claimed to be a licensed nurse. That false statement, along with mounting evidence, led to her arrest at her home shortly afterwards.
Muturi’s legal troubles in the U.S. have also revived scrutiny of her past in Kenya.
She previously served as a director at Westwick College, an institution that faced public complaints over unpaid staff salaries and questions about the credibility of its academic programs.
The college reportedly marketed opportunities promising students pathways to jobs abroad, claims that were later questioned.