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Fraudster Turori Chapman successfully impersonated a female nurse and a policewoman ? and even pretended to be a famous All Black’s daughter. Britton Broun investigates his exploits.
Working as a bogus nurse and infiltrating four Christchurch hospitals, Turori Chapman was so convincing he even fooled doctors, holding plausible conversations about patients’ medical conditions.
The female nurse’s unusual dress sense had raised eyebrows ? but “she” had the correct photographic identification and seemed to know “her” stuff, chatting with patients and even writing notes on some of their medical files.
Practice had made the conman perfect ? Chapman had previously impersonated a doctor.
Christchurch-based Detective Senior Constable Bruce Lomax says Chapman is the most confident conman he has seen in 17 years of police work.
“His confidence is incredible. I’m not sure why he does it but he was very good, very convincing,” Lomax says.