Las Vegas officer's wife posed as attorney, filed fake documents for years: police

A Las Vegas woman allegedly posed as an attorney and filed fake documents for clients for years, according to police.

Detectives with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) on Jan. 16 arrested Cenia Poulsen, who is now facing multiple charges, including forgery, theft, preparing or delivering a "simulated legal document," and offering a false instrument for a public office filing, swindling credit by false representation, using another person's ID and more, according to records obtained by Fox News Digital.

Detectives believe Poulsen, who is reportedly married to an LVMPD officer, according to 8 News Now, presented herself as an attorney to people seeking legal help since January 2022.

Poulsen would accept money from her clients to "'file documents' through the court systems," LVMPD said. 

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Detectives with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department arrested Cenia Poulsen, who is now facing charges of forgery, theft, preparing or delivering a "simulated legal document," and offering a false instrument for a public office filing. (LVMPD)

She took on divorce cases, legal reviews, name changes and adoptions, allegedly defrauding multiple victims in the process, according to authorities. 

Poulsen also reportedly forged client and judge signatures, used fake stamps on documents, created fake divorce documents and accepted payments via Venmo and Zelle, arrest records show.

"The investigation showed Poulsen created fraudulent emails portraying to be judges with the Eighth District Court, fraudulently signing ‘clients’ and judges [sic] names, and providing documents with false filing stamps to further perpetuate her lies," a warrant states.

Detectives obtained digital evidence from Poulsen's devices, including search engine history that shows the questions Poulsen looked up after a detective began questioning her. Her search history included terms like, "how to defend yourself when accused of theft in Nevada" and "how to explain your story to a cop," according to the warrant.

She labeled herself as a law office manager on LinkedIn and previously worked for attorney Douglas Crawford, who has a pending criminal case after he was accused of trading legal services for sexual acts, as New 8 Now first reported.

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She also previously worked for Goldberg Injury Law, where she allegedly stole more than $7,000 using company funds, the outlet.

Cenia Poulsen labeled herself as a law office manager on LinkedIn. (LinkedIn)

Other names Poulsen worked under include Cenia Del Pozo and Cenia Carillo.

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LVMPD detectives are asking anyone who may have employed Poulsen's legal services or know more about the case to contact the department at 702-828-3251. Tipsters can also send anonymous information to crimestoppersofnv.com.