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[Dataloss] MD: Woman Sentenced For Stealing Patients' Info

From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Mon Nov 23 2009 - 12:24:56 CST


(this ties to:
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/1779-hospital-employee-steals-patients-credit-to-obtain-credit-cards-goods-and-loans
- over 100 stolen, but over 10,000 notified...)

http://wjz.com/wireapnewsmd/Woman.sentenced.for.2.1325015.html

A woman who worked as a patient services coordinator for Johns Hopkins
Medicine has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing patient
information.

Thirty-one-year-old Michelle Courtney Johnson of Baltimore was also
ordered at sentencing on Friday to pay more than $200,000 in restitution.

According to her plea agreement and court documents, from August 2005 to
April 2007, Johnson provided a conspirator with names, Social Security
numbers and other identifying information of more than 100 current and
former patients of Johns Hopkins.

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