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Woman impersonated a registered massage therapist while performing treatments at two Toronto businesses: police

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Sikatema Lishomwa, 36, of Toronto, is wanted on 69 different criminal charges, including 17 counts of identity theft and three counts of fraud exceeding $5,000.

A Toronto woman is wanted on dozens of criminal charges after she allegedly performed massage therapy treatments on clients for payment while impersonating a registered massage therapist.

Police say that the woman performed the treatments between January 1 and May 30 of this year, during which time she collected salaried wages from two separate businesses in the Church Street and Wellesley Street East and Yonge Street and Hayden Street areas.

The authorities allege that clients paid for the treatments via cash payments or insurance claims.

But it is alleged that the woman was not licenced and was impersonating a current registered massage therapist in the Province of Ontario.

Sikatema Lishomwa, 36, of Toronto, is wanted on 69 different criminal charges, including 17 counts of identity theft and three counts of fraud exceeding $5,000.

Police say that Lishomwa is approximately six-feet tall in height with a slim build, black hair and brown eyes.