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A handcuffed Anwar appeared in court on Friday and won bail right away.

His defence lawyer, Paolo Giancaterino, said his client is looking forward to telling his side of the story.

Anwar was released on conditions that he live at his family home in Alta Vista and that he not work at dental clinics.

The reputed imposter is also charged with false pretense for landing those jobs, police said. He was also charged with uttering forged documents for a series of alleged fake resumés.

An Ottawa police detective said that, had the investigation revealed the accused actually worked as a dental hygienist or dentist, he would have been charged with assault.

While the accused fraudster never worked as a dentist, he portrayed himself as one in online profiles, including one that said he was a specialist.

There are numerous selfies — some with him posing with leased luxury cars, including a Lamborghini he named “Ava” — on his Instagram account, where he portrays himself as a dental surgeon, posting an image of a T-shirt that reads, “I am a Dental Surgeon, do you think a sane person would do this job?” He also suggests in one photo that he was doing surgery on May 5 with hashtags that include #dentist #surgery #hardwork.

His LinkedIn account said he worked as a dental-oral surgeon at Harmony Dentistry from June 2014 to present.

A receptionist at Harmony Dentistry on Cyrville Road was reluctant to speak about Anwar, but confirmed he had worked at the dental clinic for a short period “shadowing” other hygienists and dentists until he “passed his exams.”